ArticleRehabilitation oncology (American Physical Therapy Association. Oncology Section)2014
Breast Cancer EDGE Task Force Outcomes: Clinical Measures of Pain.
Article in Rehabilitation oncology (American Physical Therapy Association. Oncology Section), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07154771 (Development and Usability Evaluation of an Arm Circumference Measurement Tool For Patients Undergoing Breast Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers.
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Development and Usability Evaluation of an Arm Circumference Measurement Tool For Patients Undergoing Breast Surgery
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25 citing papers in PubMed.
- An exploration of the relationship between perceived injustice and pain severity in breast cancer survivors: a structural equation model.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Trial
- Association Between Pretreatment Sleep Disturbance and Radiation Therapy-Induced Pain in 573 Women With Breast Cancer.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2021Trial
- Is Xbox 360 Kinect-based virtual reality training as effective as standard physiotherapy in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery?Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Trial
- Remote Monitoring of Bioelectrical Impedance in Patients With Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: 1-Year Pilot Longitudinal Study.JMIR biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- Motor Imagery and Action Observation in Breast Cancer Survivors: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
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- Pain-related variables as contributing factors to physical activity after breast cancer surgery: a one-year follow-up study.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- The incidence of and risk factors for axillary web syndrome with limited shoulder movement after surgery for breast cancer, and the effect of early physical therapy intervention.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- Factors associated with health-related quality of life of breast cancer patients in a tertiary hospital in Albania.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
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- Impact of risk factors, early rehabilitation and management of lymphedema associated with breast cancer: a retrospective study of breast Cancer survivors over 5 years.BMC women's health · 2024Article
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- NEUROCANTRIAL: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a pain neuroscience education programme in adults with cancer pain.BMJ open · 2023Article
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- Predictors of persistent post-surgical pain intensity and interference at 1 year after breast cancer surgery: assessing central sensitization, central sensitivity symptoms, and psychological factors.Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) · 2023Article
- Biopsychosocial risk factors for pain and pain-related disability 1 year after surgery for breast cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of Therapeutic Exercise and Patient Education on Cancer-Related Fatigue in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomised, Single-Blind, Controlled Trial with a 6-Month Follow-Up.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- The prevention and treatment of breast cancer- related lymphedema: A review.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Review
- A quantitative comparison of arm activity between survivors of breast cancer and healthy controls: use of accelerometry.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Article
- Kinesiophobia contributes to pain-related disability in breast cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundPain is one of the most commonly reported impairments after breast cancer treatment affecting anywhere from 16-73% of breast cancer survivors Despite the high reported incidence of pain from cancer and its treatments, the ability to evaluate cancer pain continues to be difficult due to the complexity of the disease and the subjective experience of pain. The Oncology Section Breast Cancer EDGE Task Force was created to evaluate the evidence behind clinical outcome measures of pain in women diagnosed with breast cancer.
methodsThe authors systematically reviewed the literature for pain outcome measures published in the research involving women diagnosed with breast cancer. The goal was to examine the reported psychometric properties that are reported in the literature in order to determine clinical utility.
resultsVisual Analog Scale, Numeric Rating Scale, Pressure Pain Threshold, McGill Pain Questionnaire, McGill Pain Questionnaire - Short Form, Brief Pain Inventory and Brief Pain Inventory - Short Form were highly recommended by the Task Force. The Task Force was unable to recommend two measures for use in the breast cancer population at the present time.
conclusionsA variety of outcome measures were used to measure pain in women diagnosed with breast cancer. When assessing pain in women with breast cancer, researchers and clinicians need to determine whether a unidimensional or multidimensional tool is most appropriate as well as whether the tool has strong psychometric properties.
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