Lingering Pain for Breast Cancer Surgery Patients

A recent Danish study of 3,253 women found that even two years after surgery, over half of them reported some form of discomfort and also almost half of the patients reported chronic pain. The study, done in the form of a questionnaire, found that patients that were most likely to report pain or discomfort were under 40 years old, had undergone radiation treatment, and those who had a specific form of more invasive surgery than a biopsy.