Post-breast cancer lymphedema: Incidence increases from 12 to 30 to 60 months

Lymphology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 118-127

  Armer, Jane M ^a   Stewart, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diagnostic criteria (for lymphedema); Lymphedema occurrence; Secondary lymphedema; Survival analysis (for lymphedema)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPEROMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CRITERION VARIABLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB SWELLING; LYMPHEDEMA; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650341962     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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