Ultrasound elastography as an objective diagnostic measurement tool for lymphoedema of the treated breast in breast cancer patients following breast conserving surgery and radiotherapy

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 284-295

  Adriaenssens, Nele ^a,b   Belsack, Dries ^a   Buyl, Ronald ^b   Ruggiero, Leonardo ^b   Breucq, Catherine ^a   De Mey, Johan ^a   Lievens, Pierre ^b   Lamote, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breast conserving surgery; Breast irradiation; Breast oedema; Early breast cancer; Lymphoedema of the breast; Ultrasound elastography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EDEMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHEDEMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; VISIBILITY;

EID: 84877088178     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: 15813207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10019-012-0033-z     Document Type: Article

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