Quality of life in women with breast cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy: comparison between PICC and PICC-port.

Pinelli FulvioFrancesco BarbaniBarbara DefilippoAngela FundaròAlessandra NellaValentina SelmiStefano RomagnoliGianluca Villa

Published in: Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) (2024)

In women with breast cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy, PICC-ports were overall better accepted than PICCs in terms of QoL, especially in those who were younger. Device-related complications were similar.

Keyphrases

neoadjuvant chemotherapy
locally advanced
lymph node
sentinel lymph node
risk factors
squamous cell carcinoma
robot assisted
radiation therapy
minimally invasive