The effect of providing information about lymphedema on the cognitive and symptom outcomes of breast cancer survivors

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1847-1853

  Fu, Mei R ^a   Chen, Constance M ^b   Haber, Judith ^a   Guth, Amber A ^c   Axelrod, Deborah ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c Jaffe Food Allergy Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; COGNITION; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOINT LIMITATION; KNOWLEDGE; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHEDEMA AND BREAST CANCER QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROMA; SHOULDER; SYMPTOM; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954956905     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-0941-3     Document Type: Article

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