Patient awareness and knowledge of breast cancer-related lymphedema in a large, integrated health care delivery system

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 591-602

  Kwan, Marilyn L ^a   Shen, Ling ^a   Munneke, Julie R ^a   Tam, Emily K ^a   Partee, Paula N ^a   André, Mary ^b   Kutner, Susan E ^c   Somkin, Carol P ^a   Ackerson, Lynn M ^a   Thiadens, Saskia R J ^d  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Kaiser Permanente Northern California   (United States)

^c San Jose Medical Center   (United States)

^d National Lymphedema Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Breast cancer; Education; Knowledge; Lymphedema; Risk reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHEDEMA AWARENESS SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TELECONSULTATION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84866551906     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-012-2199-x     Document Type: Article

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