Physical and psychological morbidity after axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 143-149

  Hack, Thomas F ^a   Cohen, Lorenzo ^a   Katz, Joel ^a   Robson, Lynda S ^a   Goss, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 0032919984     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/jco.1999.17.1.143     Document Type: Article

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