Quality of life and a symptom cluster associated with breast cancer treatment-related lymphedema

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 904-911

  Ridner, Sheila H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Breast cancer; Lymphedema; Quality of life; Symptom cluster

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIMB; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 27144484858     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0810-y     Document Type: Article

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