The frequency and risk factors of developing lymphedema of the upper extremity after breast conserving therapy

Nowotwory

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-218

  Niwińska, Anna ^a   Tchórzewska, Hanna ^a   Procner, Małgorzata ^a   Kraszewska, Ewa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arm lymhedema; Breast cancer; Breast conserving therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; FLAVONOID; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; POLAND; RISK FACTOR; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VOODER MASSAGE;

EID: 21244491165     PISSN: 0029540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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