Lower limb lymphedema in gynecological cancer survivors - Effect on daily life functioning

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3063-3070

  Dunberger, Gail ^a   Lindquist, Helene ^a   Waldenström, Ann Charlotte ^b   Nyberg, Tommy ^a   Steineck, Gunnar ^a,c   Åvall Lundqvist, Elisabeth ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gynecological cancer survivors; Lower limb lymphedema; Pelvic cancer; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG EDEMA; LOWER LIMB LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SLEEP PATTERN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANXIETY; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; SLEEP DISORDERS; SURVIVORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84885625886     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1879-3     Document Type: Article

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