Lymphedema management

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 290-301

  Cheville, Andrea L ^a   McGarvey, Charles L ^b   Petrek, Jeanne A ^b   Russo, Sandra A ^b   Taylor, Marie E ^b   Thiadens, Saskia R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOPYRONE DERIVATIVE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; PYRONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; BANDAGE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOCYTE; MASTECTOMY; OBESITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

EID: 0041525830     PISSN: 10534296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-4296(03)00035-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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