Neuropathic pain and quality of life after wide local excision and sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma: a multicentre study
| Autor: | Samantha Holloway, Howard Peach, Oliver Cassell, Collette H. Thomson, Jennifer Garioch, Marc Moncrieff |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Adult
Male Cancer Research medicine.medical_specialty Skin Neoplasms Time Factors medicine.medical_treatment Sentinel lymph node Dermatology Patient Outcome Questionnaire 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Postoperative Complications Quality of life Biopsy medicine Humans Patient Reported Outcome Measures Young adult Melanoma Aged Pain Measurement Aged 80 and over medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Wide local excision Age Factors Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Neuropathic pain Quality of Life Neuralgia Female business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Melanoma research. 27(2) |
| ISSN: | 1473-5636 |
| Popis: | Wide local excision and sentinel lymph node biopsy is the mainstay of treatment for patients with melanoma. As survival outcomes improve, longer term quality of life questions become more pertinent and this study aims to assess the factors which may play a role following surgery. A total of, 221 patients who underwent wide local excision and sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma (AJCC stage I and II) were recruited from three UK centres. These patients completed a patient outcome questionnaire, which included demographic and treatment data as well as quality of life and pain questionnaires. Pain was the only significant factor influencing the quality of life with a negative correlation seen between pain and quality of life scores (P |
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