Early contralateral Shoulder-arm morbidity in breast cancer patients nrolled in a randomized trial of post-surgery radiation therapy

Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-93

  Adriaenssens, Nele ^a,b   Vinh hung, Vincent ^a,c   Miedema, Geertje ^a   Versmessen, Harijati ^a   Lamote, Jan ^a   Vanhoeij, Marian ^a   Lievens, Pierre ^b   van Parijs, Hilde ^a   Storme, Guy ^a   Voordeckers, Mia ^a   De Ridder, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast cancerrelated lymphedema; Early breast cancer; Image guided radiation therapy; Short course radiation therapy; Shoulder arm morbidity

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM SWELLING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER DISEASE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84864581887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/BCBCR.S9362     Document Type: Article

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