ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Post-Mastectomy Pain: An Updated Overview on Risk Factors, Predictors, and Markers.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Effects of Physical Exercise and Motor Activity on Post-mastectomy Pain.
Effects of Physical Exercise and Motor Activity on Depression and Anxiety in Post-Mastectomy Pain Syndrome
Effects of Physical Exercise and Motor Activity on Sleep Disorders in Post-Mastectomy Pain Syndrome
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparison of perioperative analgesic efficacy between serratus anterior plane block and thoracic paravertebral block in adult patients undergoing thoracic and breast surgeries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Pooled it
- Influence of Nociception Level Monitor (NOL)-Guided Analgesic Delivery on Perioperative Course in Breast Surgeries: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Trial
- One year follow-up on a randomized study investigating serratus anterior muscle and pectoral nerves type I block to reduced neuropathic pain descriptors after mastectomy.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Efficacy of rhomboid intercostal block for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing breast surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2026Article
- Where do breast cancer patients after curative-intent surgery stand in their Health-related Quality of Life (Hr-QoL) outcomes compared with health institution-based normal clients? A comparative cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Associations between breast radiation dermatitis and post-mastectomy pain syndrome in patients with breast cancer: A multicenter retrospective study.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2024Article
- A Comparison of the Effectiveness of the Serratus Anterior Plane Block and Erector Spinae Plane Block to that of the Paravertebral Block in the Surgical Treatment of Breast Cancer-A Randomized, Prospective, Single-Blinded Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Effects of Physical Exercise and Motor Activity on Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Post-Mastectomy Pain Syndrome.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Acute health-related quality of life outcomes and systemic inflammatory markers following contemporary breast cancer surgery.NPJ breast cancer · 2022Article
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13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
After breast surgery, women frequently develop chronic post-mastectomy pain (PMP). PMP refers to the occurrence of pain in and around the area of the mastectomy lasting beyond three months after surgery. The nature of factors leading to PMP is not well known. When PMP is refractory to analgesic treatment, it negatively impacts the lives of patients, increasing emotional stress and disability. For this reason, optimizing the quality of life of patients treated for this pathology has gained more importance. On the basis of the findings and opinions above, we present an overview of risk factors and predictors to be used as potential biomarkers in the personalized management of individual PMP. For this overview, we discuss scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals written in the English language describing risk factors, predictors, and potential biomarkers associated with chronic pain after breast surgery. Our overview confirms that the identification of women at risk for PMP is fundamental to setting up the best treatment to prevent this outcome. Clinical practice can be planned through the interpretation of genotyping data, choosing drugs, and tailoring doses for each patient with the aim to provide safer and more effective individual analgesic treatment.
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