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  • Title: [Work capacity of women after treatment for breast cancer].
    Author: Tseĭlikman EG, Ponomarev VA.
    Journal: Vopr Onkol; 1977; 23(10):97-100. PubMed ID: 595534.
    Abstract:
    Under consideration are the results of the analysis of 209 questionnaires from females, subjected to surgical and radiotherapy for cancer of the mammary gland. Among 134 patients with group 2 invalidism 100 patients resumed their former activities. During first two years following the treatment 28 of them had to change their occupation. Sixty three females did not work at all after the treatment. The main causes leading to partial or complete loss of the efficiency were complications of radical mastectomy for cancer such as: pain, edema of the upper extremity at the site of the operation and its limited motion in the shoulder joint.
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