Nearly half of women with breast cancer report persistent pain, and 58% report sensory disturbances up to 3 years after surgery, according to a report in the Nov. 11 issue of JAMA. In more than half of these cases, the women describe their pain as moderate to severe, said Dr. Rune Gärtner of the University of Copenhagen and her associates (JAMA 2009;302:1985-92). The researchers assessed persistent breast cancer pain in a nationwide study of 3,253 Danish women who underwent surgery for unilateral...