Open AccessA Scoring System to Predict Arm Lymphedema Risk for Individual Chinese Breast Cancer Patients
Author(s) -
Ling Wang,
Huiping Li,
An-Nuo Liu,
Debin Wang,
Yajuan Yang,
Duan Yan-qin,
Qing-Na Zhang
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
breast care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1661-3805
pISSN - 1661-3791
DOI - 10.1159/000443491
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphedema , breast cancer , oncology , cancer
Lymphedema (LE) is recognized as a common complication after axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). Numerous studies have attempted to identify risk factors for LE. However, it is difficult to predict the probability of LE for an individual patient. The purpose of this study was to construct a scoring system for predicting the probability of LE after ALND for Chinese breast cancer patients.
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