Background Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women in the developed
world. As a result of breast cancer treatment, many patients suffer from serious complaints in …

Purpose To evaluate the prevalence and severity of persistent pain after breast cancer
treatment (PPBCT) in patients who received surgery, radiotherapy or a combination of …

Purpose To investigate prevalence and risk factors associated with self-reported chronic
pain, and other symptoms related to breast cancer or its treatment among breast cancer …

Objective Pain and depressive symptoms are commonly experienced by cancer survivors.
Lower social support is linked to a variety of negative mental and physical health outcomes …

Pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and depression are common and frequently co-occurring
symptoms in oncology patients. This symptom cluster is often attributed to the release of …

Moderate-to-severe pain is a common problem experienced by patients with cancer.
Although analgesic drugs are effective, adverse side effects are common and some …

Background The prevalence and intensity of persistent post-surgical pain (PPSP) after
breast cancer surgery are uncertain. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis …

Purpose Effective treatment of neuropathic pain without unacceptable side effects is
challenging. Cancer sufferers increasingly live with long-term treatment-related neuropathic …

A number of studies have shown that self-rated health reliably predicts mortality. This study
assessed the impact of perseveration on self-rated health, physical functioning, and physical …

Alexithymia, the inability to identify and express emotions, and emotional repression, a
defensive mechanism used to avoid unpleasant emotional experience, have been …