The impact of breast cosmetic and functional outcomes on quality of life: Long-term results from the St. George and Wollongong randomized breast boost trial

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-123

  Hau, Eric ^a,b   Browne, Lois ^a   Capp, Anne ^c,d   Delaney, Geoff P ^b,e,f   Fox, Christopher ^g   Kearsley, John H ^a,b   Millar, Ewan ^a,b,e,h   Nasser, Elias H ^g   Papadatos, George ^b,i   Graham, Peter H ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

ⁱ Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cosmesis; Functional outcome; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; HORMONE; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM PAIN; ARM SWELLING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TENDERNESS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; ESTHETICS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877582333     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-013-2508-z     Document Type: Article

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