Transient swelling versus lymphoedema in the first year following surgery for breast cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2207-2215

  Kilbreath, Sharon L ^a   Lee, Mi Joung ^a   Refshauge, Kathryn M ^a   Beith, Jane M ^b   Ward, Leigh C ^a,c   Simpson, J M ^d   Black, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extracellular fluid; Lymphoedema; Predictor; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TAXANE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE LYMPHOEDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE SWELLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRENGTH;

EID: 84879935661     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1770-2     Document Type: Article

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