Long-term outcomes of breast cancer patients after endoscopic axillary lymph node dissection: A prospective analysis of 52 patients

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-91

  Langer, I ^a   Kocher, T ^b   Guller, U ^a   Torhorst, J ^a   Oertli, D ^a   Harder, F ^a   Zuber, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital Baden   (Switzerland)

^c KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Endoscopic axillary dissection; Long term outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; JOINT MOBILITY; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; SHOULDER GIRDLE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16844382246     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-004-3268-6     Document Type: Article

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