Prognosis of the upper limb following surgery and radiation for breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-37

  Lee, Teresa S ^a   Kilbreath, Sharon L ^a   Refshauge, Kathryn M ^a   Herbert, Robert D ^a   Beith, Jane M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymphedema; Pain; Quality of life; Radiation; Range of motion; Shoulder; Upper limb; Weakness

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ARM DISEASE; ARM WEAKNESS; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COBALT TELETHERAPY; COBALT THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTALGIA; MASTECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; RISK; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 44849103616     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-007-9710-9     Document Type: Review

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