Health-related quality of life in breast cancer patients with lymphedema who survived more than one year after surgery

Journal of Breast Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 449-453

  Lee, So Hyun ^a   Min, Yu Sun ^a   Park, Ho Yong ^a   Jung, Tae Du ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Lymphedema; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL CONSTITUTION AND HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCINTIGRAPHY; SHORT FORM 36; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84872316874     PISSN: 17386756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4048/jbc.2012.15.4.449     Document Type: Article

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