Women's recovery experiences after breast cancer reconstruction surgery

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 664-676

  Spector, Denise J ^a   Mayer, Deborah K ^b   Knafl, Kathleen ^b   Pusic, Andrea ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; mastectomy; quality of life; reconstructive surgery; recovery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MUSCLE TIGHTNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWELLING; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; WELLBEING; WOMEN RECOVERY EXPERIENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84857433882     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2011.615384     Document Type: Article

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