Lymph circulation in the breast after radiotherapy and breast conservation

Lymphology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-40

  Perbeck, Leif ^a   Celebioglu, F ^a   Svensson, L ^a   Danielson, R ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conservation; Laser Doppler Fluxmetry; Lymph circulation; Lymphscintigraphy; Radiotherapy; Skin blood flow

Indexed keywords

NANOCOLL TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SKIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN;

EID: 33646246712     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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