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Rehabilitation and palliation of breast cancer patients

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Rehabilitation and palliation of cancer patients

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The chief goal of all medical, potentially curative follow-up care measures (recurrence prophylaxis, early detection and therapy of disease recurrence) is to lengthen survival time. The actual cancer disease therefore represents the focus of curative follow-up care (fig. 1.1, 1.3).

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(2007). Rehabilitation and palliation of breast cancer patients. In: Rehabilitation and palliation of cancer patients. Collection de L’Académie Européenne de Médecine de Réadaptation. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-287-72827-3_6

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