Risk factors for lower-limb lymphedema after surgery for cervical cancer

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 238-243

  Ohba, Yoko ^a,b   Todo, Yukiharu ^b   Kobayashi, Noriko ^a   Kaneuchi, Masanori ^a   Watari, Hidemichi ^a   Takeda, Mahito ^a   Sudo, Satoko ^a   Kudo, Masataka ^a   Kato, Hidenori ^b   Sakuragi, Noriaki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Lower limb lymphedema; Risk factor; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB DISEASE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052776117     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: 14377772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-010-0171-5     Document Type: Review

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