In the United States in 2017, an estimated 255,180 new breast cancer cases will be
diagnosed. 1 In 2013, breast cancer deaths totaled 773,100 person-years of life lost, with …

Objective To systematically review the effectiveness of various postoperative physical
therapy modalities and timing of physical therapy after treatment of breast cancer on pain …

It is desirable to have a strategy for evaluation of breast cancer service screening programs
years before the long‐term breast cancer mortality data are available. Since successful …

The aim of this study was to determine whether an exercise program, commencing 4–6
weeks post-operatively, reduces upper limb impairments in women treated for early breast …

Introduction Deficits after breast cancer treatment have been examined by comparing the
surgically affected upper extremity to the unaffected extremity. It is not possible to know …

Over 2.6 million breast cancer survivors currently reside in the United States. While
improvements in the medical management of women diagnosed with breast cancer have …

Pain after cancer remains underestimated and undertreated. Precision medicine is a recent
concept that refers to the ability to classify patients into subgroups that differ in their …

Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor in female patients in developed
countries. Recent articles indicate that one-sided mastectomy or minor breast surgery to …

Background. A recent study in our laboratory found significant differences in scapular
kinematics between the affected and unaffected sides of women reporting shoulder pain …

The objective of this study are (1) to determine if upper extremity function, as represented by
shoulder ROM, self-reported symptoms and upper extremity functional limitations in activities …