Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 70, Issue 3 , Pages 217-224 , March 2004

Non-randomised phase II trial of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in patients with chronic arm lymphoedema and tissue fibrosis after radiotherapy for early breast cancer

  • Lone Gothard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
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  • Anthony Stanton

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiological Medicine (Dermatology), St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
    • ,
  • Julie MacLaren

      Affiliations

    • Lymphoedema Services, Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    • ,
  • David Lawrence

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    • ,
  • Emma Hall

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    • ,
  • Peter Mortimer

      Affiliations

    • Lymphoedema Services, Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    • ,
  • Eileen Parkin

      Affiliations

    • Radiotherapy Action Group Exposure, 24 Edgeborough Way, Bromley, Kent, UK
    • ,
  • Joyce Pritchard

      Affiliations

    • Radiotherapy Action Group Exposure, 24 Edgeborough Way, Bromley, Kent, UK
    • ,
  • Jane Risdall

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Naval Medicine, Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire, UK
    • ,
  • Robert Sawyer

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Naval Medicine, Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire, UK
    • ,
  • Mary Woods

      Affiliations

    • Lymphoedema Services, Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    • ,
  • John Yarnold

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author

Received 18 December 2002 ,Revised 4 April 2003 ,Accepted 24 April 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0167-8140(03)00235-4

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 70, Issue 3 , Pages 217-224 , March 2004

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