Change in blood flow velocity demonstrated by Doppler ultrasound in upper limb after axillary dissection surgery for the treatment of breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 697-704

  Nascimben Matheus, Carolina ^a   Caldeira De Oliveira Guirro, Elaine ^b  

^a METHODIST UNIVERSITY OF PIRACICABA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood circulation; Breast cancer; Lymph node excision; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; AXILLARY VEIN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER LIMB AXILLARY DISSECTION SURGERY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLARY ARTERY; AXILLARY VEIN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 79958278438     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-011-1456-8     Document Type: Article

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