Screening for breast cancer-related lymphedema: The need for standardization

Oncologist

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 350-352

  O'Toole, Jean ^a   Jammallo, Lauren S ^a   Miller, Cynthia L ^a   Skolny, Melissa N ^a   Specht, Michelle C ^a   Taghian, Alphonse G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPHEDEMA; NOTE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAGING; STANDARDIZATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA;

EID: 84877054459     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2012-0387     Document Type: Note

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