Pretreatment lymphedema education and identified educational resources in breast cancer patients

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-79

  Ridner, Sheila H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymphedema; Pretreatment education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33644907483     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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