Risk of lymphoedema following the treatment of breast cancer

@article{Kissin1986RiskOL,
  title={Risk of lymphoedema following the treatment of breast cancer},
  author={Mr M. W. Kissin and Giorgia Querci and della Roveret and Douglas F. Easton and Gerald Westbury and Mr M. W. Kissin},
  journal={British Journal of Surgery},
  year={1986},
  volume={73},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:25777064}
}
The incidence of lymphoedema was studied in 200 patients following a variety of treatments for operable breast cancer and arm volume measurement 15 cm above the lateral epicondyle was the most accurate method of assessing differences in size of the operated and normal arm.
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