Quality of life and lymphedema following breast cancer

Lymphology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 177-184

  Heiney, Sue P ^a,h   McWayne, J ^b   Cunningham, J E ^c   Hazlett, L J ^d   Parrish, R S ^e   Bryant, L H ^f   Vitoc, C ^g   Jansen, K ^h  

^a South Carolina Cancer Center   (United States)

^b FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Palmetto Health Baptist ^*  (United States)

^h Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mastectomy; Quality of life; Secondary lymphedema; Social well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INSTRUMENT BREAST CANCER PATIENT VERSION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 39049135480     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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