Double-blind placebo-controlled randomised trial of vitamin E and pentoxifylline in patients with chronic arm lymphoedema and fibrosis after surgery and radiotherapy for breast cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-139

  Gothard, Lone ^a   Cornes, Paul ^a   Earl, Judith ^a   Hall, Emma ^b   MacLaren, Julie ^a   Mortimer, Peter ^a   Peacock, John ^a   Peckitt, Clare ^b   Woods, Mary ^a   Yarnold, John ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Fibrosis; Lymphoedema; Radiotherapy complications; Tissue induration; Vitamin E and pentoxifylline

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN E;

EID: 7944225103     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.09.013     Document Type: Article

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