Life after breast cancer: Dealing with lymphoedema

Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 9-14

  Cidón, Esther Uña ^a   Perea, Christian ^a   López Lara, Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arm oedema; Axillary dissection; Breast cancer surgery; Breast cancer survivors; Lymphoedema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM SWELLING; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; DISEASE COURSE; DYSGRAPHIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 79958066866     PISSN: 11795549     EISSN: 11795549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/CMO.S6389     Document Type: Article

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