Lymphedema in Breast Cancer Survivors: Incidence, Degree, Time Course, Treatment, and Symptoms
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- 20 January 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Vol. 27 (3) , 390-397
- https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2008.17.9291
Abstract
Purpose To examine the incidence, degree, time course, treatment, and symptoms of lymphedema in breast cancer survivors. Methods We conducted a 5-year, population-based prospective study of 631 ran...Keywords
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