A comparative study of pain experienced during successive mammography examinations in patients with a family history of breast cancer and those who have had breast cancer surgery
Abstract:Introduction: To measure mammography-related pain in two groups of women undergoing regular surveillance as a baseline for future care. Methods: Following ethical approval, two hundred and forty two women aged 32e84 years (mean 54), were invited by written invitation to participate in the study. Two hundred women accepted the invitation, 100 women had a family history (FH) of breast cancer, 100 had undergone conservative surgery (FU) for breast cancer and were currently asymptomatic. A validated pain scale was… Show more
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