Manual lymphatic drainage therapy in patients with breast cancer related lymphoedema
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Efficacy of complete decongestive therapy and manual lymphatic drainage on treatment-related lymphedema in breast cancer.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the results of combined decongestive therapy and manual lymphatic drainage in patients with breast cancer-related lymphedema. METHODS AND MATERIALS The data from 250 patients were reviewed. The pre- and posttreatment volumetric measurements were compared, and the correlation with age, body mass index, and type of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy was determined. Th...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Cancer
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1471-2407
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-11-94