Lymphatic drainage in the muscle and subcutis of the arm after breast cancer treatment

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 549-557

  Stanton, Anthony W B ^a   Modi, Stephanie ^a   Bennett Britton, Thomas M ^b   Purushotham, Anand D ^c,d   Peters, A Michael ^e   Levick, J Rodney ^a   Mortimer, Peter S ^a,f  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arm; Breast cancer; Lymph flow; Lymphatic; Lymphoedema; Lymphoscintigraphy

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN G TC 99 M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARM; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 70349577611     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-0259-z     Document Type: Article

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