Breast cancer (BC) is one of the most prevalent cancers in women. Triple-negative breast
cancer (TNBC) in which the three major receptors ie estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone …

Background The body of evidence related to breast-cancer-related lymphoedema incidence
and risk factors has substantially grown and improved in quality over the past decade. We …

Background More than one in five patients who undergo treatment for breast cancer will
develop breast cancer‐related lymphedema (BCRL). BCRL can occur as a result of breast …

Pain is a common problem in cancer survivors, especially in the first few years after
treatment. In the longer term, approximately 5% to 10% of survivors have chronic severe …

Background: Sentinel lymph node biopsy in women with operable breast cancer is routinely
used in some countries for staging the axilla despite limited data from randomized trials on …

Lymphoedema is an oedematous condition with a specific and complex tissue biology. In
the clinical context of cancer, the pathogenesis of lymphoedema ensues most typically from …

Methods We performed a computerized search of the medical literature using the OVID
search engine (OVID Technologies, Wolters Kluwer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands). The …

PURPOSE: To describe the occurrence of fatigue in a large sample of breast cancer
survivors relative to general population norms and to identify demographic, medical, and …

Background Pilot studies indicate that probe-guided resection of radioactive sentinel nodes
(the first nodes that receive drainage from tumors) can identify regional metastases in …

Purpose The American College of Surgeons Oncology Group trial Z0011 was a prospective,
randomized, multicenter trial comparing overall survival between patients with positive …