20.8% of post breast cancer sufferers were diagnosed with widespread pain and 10% with frank Fibromylgia.
Int J Clin Oncol. 2013 Apr;18(2):285-92.
Frequency of fibromyalgia syndrome in breast cancer patients.
Akkaya N, Atalay NS, Selcuk ST, Alkan H, Catalbas N, Sahin F.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22322540
- the rates described above are higher than general population
- quality of life was adversely affected
Comment – there is a subgroup of FM that is really a small fiber neuropathy. Chemotherapy for breast cancer causes neuropathy. Differentiating the two might not be more difficult than one would think but this article makes people not even look…