Lymphedema secondary to breast cancer: How choice of measure influences diagnosis, prevalence, and identifiable risk factors

Lymphology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-28

  Hayes, Sandra ^a   Janda, M ^a   Cornish, B ^a   Battistutta, D ^a   Newman, B ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioimpedance spectroscopy; Breast cancer; Lymphedema; Measurement; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOIMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44349098249     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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