Randomized controlled trial comparing a low-fat diet with a weight-reduction diet in breast cancer-related lymphedema

Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1949-1956

  Shaw, Clare ^a   Mortimer, Peter ^a   Judd, Patricia A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diet; Intervention; Low fat; Lymphedema; Weight reduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ARM; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIET, REDUCING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34248377244     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22638     Document Type: Article

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