Persistent breast pain 5 years after treatment of invasive breast cancer is largely unexplained by factors associated with treatment

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Bell, Robin J ^a   Robinson, Penelope J ^a   Nazeem, Fathima ^a   Panjari, Mary ^a   Fradkin, Pamela ^a   Schwarz, Max ^a,b   Davis, Susan R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast; Cancer; Oncology; Pain; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTALGIA; MASTECTOMY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PAIN CLINIC; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVOR; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MASTODYNIA; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897582311     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-013-0306-6     Document Type: Article

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