A Patient Questionnaire for Radiation-Induced Brachial Plexopathy

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Hoeller, Ulrike ^a,b   Rolofs, Karin ^a   Bajrovic, Amira ^a   Berger, Juergen ^a   Heesen, Christof ^a   Pfeiffer, Gustav ^a   Alberti, Winfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fibrosis; Radiation induced plexopathy questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM EDEMA; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HAND FUNCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INDUCED BRACHIAL PLEXOPATHY; RADIATION INJURY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION INJURIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0842327295     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000107891.65644.46     Document Type: Article

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