Lymphedema: Experience of a cohort of women with breast cancer followed for 4 years after diagnosis in Victoria, Australia

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2017-2024

  Bell, Robin J ^a   Robinson, Penelope J ^a   Barallon, Raychel ^a   Fradkin, Pamela ^a   Schwarz, Max ^a,b   Davis, Susan R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Determinants; Incidence; Lymphedema; Prevalence; Resolution

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONTROL; SELF REPORT; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84878679486     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1763-1     Document Type: Article

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