Effect of air travel on lymphedema risk in women with history of breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 649-654

  Kilbreath, Sharon L ^a   Ward, Leigh C ^b   Lane, Kirstin ^c   McNeely, Margaret ^d   Dylke, Elizabeth S ^a   Refshauge, Kathryn M ^a   McKenzie, Don ^c   Lee, Mi Joung ^a   Peddle, Carolyn ^d   Battersby, Katie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airplane travel; Breast cancer; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BREAST CANCER; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR PRESSURE; AUSTRALIA; AXILLA; BANDAGES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TRAVEL;

EID: 77950866367     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-010-0793-3     Document Type: Article

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