AUTHOR=Doan Lisa V. , Yoon Jenny , Chun Jeana , Perez Raven , Wang Jing TITLE=Pain associated with breast cancer: etiologies and therapies JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pain Research VOLUME=4 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pain-research/articles/10.3389/fpain.2023.1182488 DOI=10.3389/fpain.2023.1182488 ISSN=2673-561X ABSTRACT=

Pain associated with breast cancer is a prevalent problem that negatively affects quality of life. Breast cancer pain is not limited to the disease course itself but is also induced by current therapeutic strategies. This, combined with the increasing number of patients living with breast cancer, make pain management for breast cancer patients an increasingly important area of research. This narrative review presents a summary of pain associated with breast cancer, including pain related to the cancer disease process itself and pain associated with current therapeutic modalities including radiation, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and surgery. Current pain management techniques, their limitations, and novel analgesic strategies are also discussed.