Quality of life of women with lymphedema after surgery for breast cancer

This study evaluated the quality of life of 20 women with post-mastectomy lymphedema due to breast cancer, using the Flanagan’s Adapted Quality of Life Scale (1) and the Visual Analogue Scale (2), with data collection from July to December 2009 in the countryside of the state of São Paulo. It was ob...

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Main Authors: Marislei Sanches Panobianco, Natalia Campacci, Letícia Meda Vendrusculo Fangel, Maria Antonieta Spinoso Prado, Ana Maria de Almeida, Thais de Oliveira Gozzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2014-06-01
Series:Rev Rene
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Online Access:http://www.revistarene.ufc.br/revista/index.php/revista/article/view/1548/pdf_1