Lymphedema in women with breast cancer: Characteristics of patients screened for a randomized trial

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 337-342

  Dayes, Ian S ^a,b   Levine, Mark N ^a,b,c   Julian, J A ^a,c   Pritchard, Kathleen I ^c,d,e   D'Souza, David P ^f,g   Kligman, Lyn ^f   Reise, Donnalue ^h   Wiernikowski, Jennifer A ^b   Bonilla, L ⁱ   Whelan, T J ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^f LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^h Talspar Nursing Services   (Canada)

ⁱ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Clinical trials; Lymphedema; Quality of life; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING;

ARM; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 44849093805     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-007-9727-0     Document Type: Article

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