Article
From breast cancer diagnosis to survivorship: Analyzing perioperative biopsychosocial phenotypes and their relationship to pain on long term.
The journal of pain - 1 Jan 2025
Amber De Groote, Lore Dams, Elien Van der Gucht, Jan Schepers, Michel Mertens, An De Groef, Mira Meeus
Abstract excerpt
Persistent breast cancer treatment-related pain affects up to 40% of patients, decreasing their quality of life (QoL). While current research typically utilizes correlation and regression analysis to identify biopsychosocial phenotypes contributing to this pain, this study employs cluster analysis to identify qualitatively different phenotypes based on somatosensory and psychosocial characteristics both before...
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- Adult
- Aged
- Female
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Breast Neoplasms
- Cancer Pain