Upper extremity lymphedema: Presence and effect on functioning five years after breast cancer treatment

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 342-349

  Shigaki, Cheryl L ^a   Madsen, Richard ^a   Wanchai, Ausanee ^a   Stewart, Bob R ^a   Armer, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymphedema; Physical function; Sexual function; Social function

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84890023154     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: 19391544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034657     Document Type: Article

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