Addressing the unmet needs in lymphedema risk management

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-46

  Rockson, Stanley G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INCIDENCE; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MORBIDITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33645579901     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2006.4.42     Document Type: Review

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