Quality of life of breast cancer patients with lymphedema

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 184-188

  Velanovich, Vic ^a   Szymanski, Wanda ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0032915707     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00008-2     Document Type: Article

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