Preliminary development of a lymphedema symptom assessment scale for patients with head and neck cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1911-1918

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

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer (HNC); Instrument development; Late effect; Secondary lymphedema; Symptom assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTENT VALIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863983338     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1294-6     Document Type: Article

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