Lymphedema in patients with head and neck cancer

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Deng, Jie ^a   Ridner, Sheila H ^a   Murphy, Barbara A ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPHEDEMA; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHEDEMA; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79953120321     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/11.ONF.E1-E10     Document Type: Article

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