Segmental measurement of breast cancer-related arm lymphoedema using perometry and bioimpedance spectroscopy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 703-710

  Czerniec, Sharon A ^a   Ward, Leigh C ^b   Lee, Mi Joung ^a   Refshauge, Kathryn M ^a   Beith, Jane ^b,c   Kilbreath, Sharon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Early detection; Limb volume; Localised lymphoedema; Swelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIOIMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHEDEMA; PEROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79958199593     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0896-8     Document Type: Article

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