Comparison of multi-frequency bioimpedance with perometry for the early detection and intervention of lymphoedema after axillary node clearance for breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 121-129

  Bundred, Nigel J ^a   Stockton, Charlotte ^a   Keeley, Vaughan ^b   Riches, Katie ^b   Ashcroft, Linda ^c   Evans, Abigail ^d   Skene, Anthony ^d   Purushotham, Arnie ^e   Bramley, Maria ^f   Hodgkiss, Tracey ^f  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axillary node clearance; Bioimpedance; Breast cancer; Lymphoedema; Prediction; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84937765103     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-015-3357-8     Document Type: Article

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