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Preventing Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema in High-Risk Patients: The Impact of a Structured Surveillance Protocol Using Bioimpedance Spectroscopy

PURPOSE: We evaluated the impact of structured surveillance using bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) to reduce the rate of chronic breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) in high-risk patients undergoing axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). METHODS: From April 2010 through November 2016, 93 patients...

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Autores principales: Whitworth, Pat W., Shah, Chirag, Vicini, Frank, Cooper, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6006520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29946531
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2018.00197