HISTORY This was the third UCLA hospital admission for this 66-year-old female. Twenty-seven years ago the patient had breast cancer and underwent a left radical mastectomy without chemotherapy, and/or totalbody bone scanning. She then had recurrence in the left supraclavicular fossa involving the lymph nodes and the brachial plexus. She was treated with telecobalt beam over a single anterior d...

introduction: breast cancer with 22.6% is the most common cancer in iranian women and mastectomy is the treatment of choice in 81% of cases posted for surgery. mastectomy can evoke feelings of mutilation, altered body image and decreased sexual attractiveness and function leading to mood disorders. in the last decades, final purpose of treatment strategies in breast cancer is creation of a life...

The purpose of the study: to determine features state microcirculatory bed in women with post-mastectomy syndrome as a cause fibrosis. Material and methods . study involved 76 women, whom two groups were formed. first group consisted 46 patients aged 25 49 years (mean age – (43.8 ± 3.8) old) (PMES), average period after radicle treatment breast cancer was (4.3 2.1) years. All underwent mastecto...

The objective of this integrative review is to analyze the scientific production addressing the sexuality of women with breast cancer following mastectomy, focused on the effects that the physical discomfort due to cancer treatments have on their sex life. The search included articles published in the period between 2000 and 2009 on the MEDLINE, LILACS and PsycINFO databases, using the followin...

Back pain is a common symptom: up to 70% of UK adults experience this symptom by the age of 60 and most have moderate to severe pain. Back pain accounted for 12% of consultations to traditional acupuncturists in 2001 and is one of the most common reasons for consultation with an acupuncturist. This case report concerns a 54-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer and degenerative lower bac...