A prospective study of breast lymphedema: Frequency, symptoms, and quality of life

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 915-922

  Degnim, Amy C ^a   Miller, Joyce ^a   Hoskin, Tanya L ^a   Boughey, Judy C ^a   Loprinzi, Margie ^a   Thomsen, Kristine ^a   Maloney, Shaun ^a   Baddour, Larry M ^a   Cheville, Andrea L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast edema; Breast lymphedema; Quality of life; Symptom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST LYMPHEDEMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN REDNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84868194407     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-012-2004-x     Document Type: Review

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