A Prospective Validation Study of Bioimpedance with Volume Displacement in Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients at Risk for Lymphedema
- 18 June 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Annals of Surgical Oncology
- Vol. 22 (S3), 370-375
- https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-015-4683-0
Abstract
Although volume displacement (VD) is considered the gold standard for diagnosing breast cancer-related lymphedema, it is inconvenient. We compared bioimpedKeywords
Funding Information
- NIH/NCI Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748)
- The Sharpe-Strumia Research Foundation at The Bryn Mawr Hospital
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