A Scoring System to Predict Arm Lymphedema Risk for Individual Chinese Breast Cancer Patients.

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Published in Breast Care (Basel) on February 03, 2016

Authors

Ling Wang1, Hui-Ping Li2, An-Nuo Liu2, De-Bin Wang3, Ya-Juan Yang2, Yan-Qin Duan4, Qing-Na Zhang5

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Nursing, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China; School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Heifei, China.
2: School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Heifei, China.
3: School of Health Services Management, Anhui Medical University, Heifei, China.
4: People's Hospital of Huaibei City, Huaibei, China.
5: The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Heifei, China.

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