Importance of time in assessing arm and hand function after treatment of breast cancer

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 241-244

  Segerström, Knut ^a   Bjerle, Per ^a   Nystrom A ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arm function; Brachial oedema; Breast cancer; Irradiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; EDEMA; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0026325850     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02844319109020626     Document Type: Article

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