Eighteen sensations after breast cancer surgery: a two-year comparison of sentinel lymph node biopsy and axillary lymph node dissection

Oncology Nursing Forum
Roberta BaronKimberly J Van Zee

Abstract

To evaluate the prevalence, severity, and level of distress of 18 sensations at baseline (3-15 days) and 24 months after breast cancer surgery and to compare sensations after sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) with those after SLNB plus immediate or delayed axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). Prospective, descriptive. Evelyn H. Lauder Ambulatory Breast Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY. 294 women with breast cancer; 214 had undergone breast conserving therapy, and 80 had undergone total mastectomy; 197 had had SLNB, and 97 had had SLNB and ALND. Patients completed the Breast Sensation Assessment Scale (BSAS) at baseline and 3, 6, 12, and 24 months after surgery. Prevalence, severity, and level of distress of sensations in patients who had undergone breast cancer surgery. Sensations were less prevalent, severe, and distressing in patients undergoing SLNB than those undergoing ALND. This difference appeared to be limited to those undergoing breast conserving therapy. Most sensations after SLNB and ALND, even if prevalent, were not very severe or distressing. Some sensations persisted as long as two years. These included tenderness after SLNB and numbness after ALND. Patients often reported phantom...Continue Reading

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