Lymphedema secondary to breast cancer treatment: Possibility of diagnostic and therapeutic prevention;Linfedema secondario al trattamento del cancro mammario: Possibilità di prevenzione diagnostica e terapeutica

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 493-498

  Campisi, C ^a   Boccardo, F ^a   Zilli, A ^a   Maccio, A ^a   Napoli, F ^a   Ferreira Azevedo Jr , W ^a   Fulcheri, E ^a   Taddei, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early diagnosis; Epidemiology; Medico physical treatment; Microsurgery; Prevention; Secondary upper limb lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037809853     PISSN: 0003469X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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