Analysis of factors contributing to severity of breast cancer-related lymphedema

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 22-25

  Coriddi, Michelle ^a   Khansa, Ibrahim ^a   Stephens, Julie ^a   Miller, Michael ^a   Boehmler, James ^a   Tiwari, Pankaj ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84926957777     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31828d7285     Document Type: Article

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