Axilla Surgery Severely Affects Quality of Life: Results of a 5-Year Prospective Study in Breast Cancer Patients
✍ Scribed by Jutta Engel; Jacqueline Kerr; Anne Schlesinger-Raab; Hansjörg Sauer; Dieter Hölzel
- Book ID
- 110435165
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Volume
- 79
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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