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Hand Function in Cancer

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With improvement in cancer and increase in survival time, the accompanying problems are increasing. Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery, lymphedema, and direct effects of cancer can cause problems in upper extremities and also in hands. It is important to identify cancer-related hand problems and to focus on these problems in cancer rehabilitation. In this chapter, upper extremity and hand involvements in cancers were mentioned.

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Soyupek, F. (2019). Hand Function in Cancer. In: Duruöz, M. (eds) Hand Function. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17000-4_17

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