Body mass index and breast cancer treatment-related lymphedema

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 853-857

  Ridner, Sheila H ^a   Dietrich, Mary S ^a   Stewart, Bob R ^b   Armer, Jane M ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Breast cancer; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; BREAST TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051671356     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1089-9     Document Type: Article

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