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ORIGINAL ARTICLES: CANCER REHABILITATION

Heavy-load resistance exercise during chemotherapy in physically inactive breast cancer survivors at risk for lymphedema: a randomized trial

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Pages 1667-1675 | Received 11 Apr 2019, Accepted 07 Jul 2019, Published online: 27 Jul 2019

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