Postsurgical adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) significantly improves local-regional recurrence and breast cancer survival, so currently most breast cancer patients receive RT after surgery. However, pain related to cancer or treatment is a critical quality of life issue for breast cancer survivors. Most of ...
Local recurrence of cancer in the treated breast following breast-conserving surgery and radiotherapy occurs in a minority of patients, but can represent a significant clinical problem. The impact of local relapse on the subsequent course of the disease is disputed. The aim of this retrospective rev...
Few epidemiological studies have prospectively investigated preoperative and surgical risk factors for acute postoperative pain after surgery for breast cancer. We investigated demographic, psychological, pain-related and surgical risk factors in women undergoing resectional surgery for breast cancer. Methods:...
Pain after cancer could be from different sources. Post-surgery stiffness, tissue damage, fatigue, neuropathies, lymphatic tissue issues, chemo/radiotherapy related, phantom pain, or general malaise. Pain management strategies depend on the causes. Stretching exercises, joint mobility e...
Chow E, Loblaw A, Harris K, Doyle M, Goh P, Chiu H, Panzarella T, Tsao M, Barnes EA, Sinclair E, Farhadian M, Danjoux C. Dexamethasone for the prophylaxis of radiation-induced pain flare after palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases: a pilot study. Support Care Cancer. 2007;15(6...
Effects of Hypnosis Before General Anesthesia on Pain After Minor Breast Cancer Surgery JAMA Network Open Research August 17, 2018 Differences in the Acute Toxic Effects of Breast Radiotherapy JAMA Oncology Research October 1, 2015 Pathogenic Germline Variants in Patients With...
Thus, isolated pain in the breast after treatment with BCS and residual breast radiotherapy might be related to a distinct pain mechanism. Although it may be a coincidental finding, this observation finds support in another study proposing that pain in the breast is different from the pain ...
The aim of this study was to analyse the risk factors that predispose women to chronic symptoms related to the treatment of breast cancer.A questionnaire was sent to 569 women who had undergone modified radical mastectomies with axillary evacuation (MRM) or breast resection with axillary evacuation...
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Salvage cryotherapy for local recurrence after radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Scand J Urol. 2015;49(2):115–9. Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Di Staso M, Gravina GL, Zugaro L, Bonfili P, Gregori L, Franzese P, et al. Treatment of solitary painful osseous metastases with ...