A quantitative lymphoscintigraphic evaluation of lymphatic function in the swollen hands of women with lymphoedema following breast cancer treatment

Clinical Science

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 553-561

  Stanton, Anthony W B ^a,b   Modi, Stephanie ^a,b   Mellor, Russell H ^a   Peters, A Mike ^c   Svensson, William E ^b   Rodney Levick, J ^a   Mortimer, Peter S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arm swelling; Breast cancer; IgG; Lymph flow; Lymphoedema; Quantitative lymphoscintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RALOXIFENE; TAMOXIFEN; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARM EXERCISE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AGED; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERAS; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 33646673825     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20050277     Document Type: Article

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