Study of Incidence of Lymphedema in Indian Patients Undergoing Axillary Dissection for Breast Cancer

Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-269

  Pillai, Pramod R ^a   Sharma, Shekhar ^b   Ahmed, Sheikh Zahoor ^a   Vijaykumar, D K ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Patel Cancer Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Irradiation; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; LETROZOLE; METHOTREXATE; PACLITAXEL; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; HUMAN; INDIA; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; MASTECTOMY; MODIFIED RADICAL MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WRIST;

EID: 84862882175     PISSN: 09757651     EISSN: 09766952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13193-011-0046-x     Document Type: Article

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