A pilot study using the Gynecologic Cancer Lymphedema Questionnaire (GCLQ) as a clinical care tool to identify lower extremity lymphedema in gynecologic cancer survivors

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 317-323

  Carter, Jeanne ^a   Raviv, Leigh ^a   Appollo, Kathleen ^a   Baser, Raymond E ^a   Iasonos, Alexia ^a   Barakat, Richard R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment tool; Gynecologic cancer; Gynecologic Cancer Lymphedema Questionnaire; Lower extremity; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER LYMPHEDEMA QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LYMPHEDEMA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VULVA CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77950187718     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2010.01.022     Document Type: Article

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