Frequency and risk factors for arm lymphedema after multimodal breast-conserving treatment of nodal positive breast Cancer – a long-term observation

BACKGROUND: Arm-lymphedema is a major complication after breast cancer. Recent studies demonstrate the validity of predicting Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema (BCRL) by self-reports. We aimed to investigate the rate of BCRL and its risk factors in the long-term using self-reported symptoms. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Rupp, Julia, Hadamitzky, Catarina, Henkenberens, Christoph, Christiansen, Hans, Steinmann, Diana, Bruns, Frank
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30845971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-019-1243-y

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