Pain and joint dysfunction of the upper limb following treatment for mammary carcinoma are
defined as the most frequent side effects of surgery for mammary carcinoma by calculating a …

Advances in breast cancer treatment have improved patient survival but have also created
complications, such as shoulder morbidity, impacting the patient's quality of life. Local …

Breast-conserving surgery (BCS) and radiotherapy reduce breast cancer recurrence but can
cause functional deficits in breast cancer survivors. A cross-sectional study quantified the …

Background There is a growing number of breast cancer survivors from improved cancer
treatments. However, treatments often impair upper limb function, specifically range of …

Radiotherapy (RT) is a common and often essential treatment for breast cancer, but has
been associated with pectoralis major (PM) muscle fibrosis and atrophy. In an initial …

This study aimed to describe changes in supraspinatus tendon thickness, acromiohumeral
distance, and the presence of fluid in the subacromial bursa as measured by ultrasound, as …

Muscle stiffness is altered following postmastectomy breast reconstruction and breast cancer
treatment. The exact mechanisms underlying these alterations are unknown; however …

Background An increasing number of women are choosing mastectomy and subpectoral
implant (SI) breast reconstruction over breast-conserving therapy (BCT). It is unclear to what …

Background/Purpose Shoulder/arm morbidity is a late complication of breast cancer
treatment with surgery and regional nodal irradiation (RNI). We set to analyze the impact of …

Arm dysfunction often follows breast cancer treatments. Diversity in treatment makes it
challenging to explore how exercise impacts dysfunction in survivors. This study …