Arm lymphoedema in a cohort of breast cancer survivors 10 years after diagnosis

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-173

  Johansson, Karin ^a   Branje, Elin ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 76649086696     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841860903483676     Document Type: Article

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