Risk factors for the initiation and aggravation of lymphoedema after axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3 SUPP4, 2009, Pages 8-12

  Mak, S S ^a   Lee, Y M ^a   Tse, S M ^a   Ho, F P ^a   Chan, E ^a   Yeo, W ^b   Zee, B ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; TAXANE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTERY DISEASE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NOTE; OCCUPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER INJURY; SMOKING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 68849124245     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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