Time Course of Mild Arm Lymphedema After Breast Conservation Treatment for Early-Stage Breast Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-90

  Bar Ad, Voichita ^a   Cheville, Andrea ^a,b   Solin, Lawrence J ^a,c   Dutta, Pinaki ^a   Both, Stefan ^a   Harris, Eleanor E R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conservation therapy; Mild arm lymphedema

Indexed keywords

AXILLARY LYMPH NODES; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER TREATMENT; BREAST CARCINOMAS; BREAST CONSERVATION; BREAST CONSERVATION THERAPY; EARLY-STAGE BREAST CANCER; LYMPHEDEMA; TIME COURSE;

FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS;

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ARM; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 72049114159     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.01.024     Document Type: Article

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