Thursday 2 May 2013

Persistent pain and sensory disturbances after treatment for breast cancer

Persistent pain and sensory disturbances after treatment for breast cancer: six-year nationwide follow-up study. BMJ 2013; 346.

Mejdahl, M.K., et al.

http://www.bmj.com/highwire/filestream/640586/field_highwire_article_pdf/0/bmj.f1865.full.pdf

Objective: Toexamine thedevelopment of persistent pain after treatment for breast cancer and to examine risk factors associated with continuing pain.Design: Repeated cross sectional study in a previously examined

nationwide cohort.All eligible women who underwent surgery for primary breast cancer in Denmark in 2005 and 2006 and were examined in 2008 were surveyed again with the same questionnaire.