Prevalence and risk factors for development of lymphedema following breast cancer treatment

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-12

  Deo, S V S ^a   Ray, S ^a   Rath, G K ^a   Shukla, N K ^a   Kar, M ^a   Asthana, S ^a   Raina, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node dissection; Axillary radiation; Lymphedema; Modified radical mastectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AXILLA; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BODY SURFACE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHRACYCLINES; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BODY SURFACE AREA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2442485985     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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