Lymphedema: Strategies for management

Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2001, Pages 980-987

  Bunting, Robert W ^a   Shea, Bernadette ^b  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bandages; Compression garments; Exercise; Lymphatic massage; Lymphedema; Pneumatic pumps; Precautions; Psychologic distress

Indexed keywords

CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; MASSAGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035881033     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010815)92:4+<980::aid-cncr1410>3.0.co;2-e     Document Type: Conference Paper

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