Physical and psychological impairments of women with upper limb lymphedema following breast cancer treatment

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-305

  Chachaj, Angelika ^a   Małyszczak, Krzysztof ^a   Pyszel, Krystian ^a   Lukas, Joanna ^a   Tarkowski, Radosław ^a   Pudełko, Marek ^b   Andrzejak, Ryszard ^a   Szuba, Andrzej ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Wroclaw   (Poland)

Author keywords

Axillary dissection; Cancer; Mastectomy; Oncology; Secondary lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM EDEMA; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHANGITIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MENTAL DISEASE; PAIN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER PAIN;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77649215977     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1573     Document Type: Article

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