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Abbreviations

ADL:

Activities of daily living

AND:

Axillary node dissection

BCT:

Breast conserving surgery and radiotherapy

BMI:

Body mass index

CDT:

Complete decongestive therapy

DBCG:

Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group

HC:

Hydrocolloid

NCCTG:

North Central Cancer Treatment Group

QOL:

Quality of life

ROM:

Range of motion

RA:

Rheumatoid arthritis

SCD:

Scleroderma

SPADI:

Shoulder pain and disability index

S or DL:

Systemic or discoid lupus

START:

Standardization of breast radiotherapy

VAS:

Visual analog scale

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Portions of this chapter were adapted from Toxicity from Radiation in Breast Cancer, in Radiation Toxicity: A Practical Guide, by Small and Woloschak, Chap. 5; and from Zhang. Thanks to Dorothy Riguera for her assistance in preparing this document.

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White, J., Joiner, M.C., Xie, L. (2014). Breast Cancer. In: Rubin, P., Constine, L., Marks, L. (eds) ALERT • Adverse Late Effects of Cancer Treatment. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75863-1_10

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