Breast lymphedema after breast conserving treatment

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 551-557

  Rönkä, Riitta H ^a   Pamilo, Martti S ^b   Von Smitten, Karl A J ^a   Leidenius, Marjut H K ^a  

^a Maria Hospital   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 4844228707     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860410014867     Document Type: Article

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