Postmastectomy pain most troubling problem for breast cancer survivors

Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 19:30 in Health & Medicine

More than 40 percent of 200,000 U.S. women diagnosed with breast cancer every year undergo surgery. Though treatment advances have significantly reduced mortality from breast cancer, a study published reports that persistent postmastectomy pain is rated by survivors as their most troubling symptom.

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