The impact of radiation therapy on the risk of lymphedema after treatment for breast cancer: A prospective cohort study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 565-571

  Warren, Laura E G ^a   Miller, Cynthia L ^a   Horick, Nora ^a   Skolny, Melissa N ^a   Jammallo, Lauren S ^a   Sadek, Betro T ^a   Shenouda, Mina N ^a   O'Toole, Jean A ^a   Macdonald, Shannon M ^a   Specht, Michelle C ^a   Taghian, Alphonse G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; DISSECTION; HAZARDS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RADIATION;

AFTER-TREATMENT; AXILLARY LYMPH NODES; BREAST CANCER TREATMENT; COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODEL; CUMULATIVE INCIDENCE; METHODS AND MATERIALS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; RISK; TUMOR VOLUME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AXILLA; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893832667     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.11.232     Document Type: Article

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