The effects of symptomatic seroma on lymphedema symptoms following breast cancer treatment

Lymphology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 134-143

  Fu, Mei R ^a   Guth, A A ^b   Cleland, C M ^a   Lima, E D R P ^c   Kayal, M ^b   Haber, J ^a   Gallup, L ^a   Axelrod, D ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymphedema; Lymphedema symptoms; Seroma; Symptomatic seroma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARM SWELLING; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BLISTER; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TENDERNESS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTALGIA; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARESTHESIA; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA; SYMPTOM; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEROMA;

EID: 84855407232     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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