In stage 1 of the disease, breast life sydney is no larger than 2 centimeters (cm) in size and cancer cells have not spread to nearby lymph nodes. A sentinel node biopsy is a procedure in which doctors remove one or more of the lymph nodes under your arm (called the axillary lymph nodes). If you have stage 1 breast cancer, a mastectomy or lumpectomy surgery will most likely be followed by two stages of breast reconstruction with tissue expanders and permanent implants.
Meet the Team: Specialists Involved in a Breast Surgery Cluster
In recent years, there has been growing interest in identifying symptom clusters among cancer patients. This is because it has been suggested that some symptoms in a cluster may be associated with similar biological pathways. Hence, a better understanding of the underlying etiology of these symptom clusters could lead to effective interventions that could be tailored for a particular treatment stage.
This is the first time that a study has been designed to investigate the co-occurrence of pretreatment symptoms in women with breast cancer. The Symptom Clusters of Fatigue-Sleep disturbance and the Psychological cluster, which includes anxiety, depression, sadness, worry, nervousness and irritability, have been identified as symptom groups that occur in combination and are strongly related to quality of life among these patients.
This study is a multicentre, open-label, randomized controlled trial with nine participating hospitals. Each hospital will be grouped into one of the following nine stepwise clusters: