Cording following treatment for breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-111

  O'Toole, Jean ^a   Miller, Cynthia L ^a   Specht, Michelle C ^a   Skolny, Melissa N ^a   Jammallo, Lauren S ^a   Horick, Nora ^a   Elliott, Krista ^a   Niemierko, Andrzej ^a   Taghian, Alphonse G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary web syndrome; Breast surgery; Cording; Functional impairment; Lymphedema; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84880292197     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-013-2616-9     Document Type: Article

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