Difficulties with defining lymphoedema after axillary dissection for breast cancer

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 1351, 2012, Pages 29-39

  Asim, Muhammad ^a   Cham, Alvin ^b   Banerjee, Sharmana ^c   Nancekivell, Rachael ^c   Dutu, Gaelle ^d   McBride, Catherine ^c   Cavanagh, Shelley ^c   Lawrenson, Ross ^e   Campbell, Ian ^e  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE EXTIRPATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL WARD; SYMPTOM;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84859094461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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