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Quality of life in patients with breast cancer before and after diagnosis: an eighteen months follow-up study
BMC Cancer · 2008 · Vol. 8(1) · pp. 330–330
Ali Montazeri✉(Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research)Mariam Vahdaninia(Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research)Iraj Harirchi(Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research)Mandana Ebrahimi(Motamed Cancer Institute)Fatemeh Khaleghi(Motamed Cancer Institute)Soghra Jarvandi(Motamed Cancer Institute)
Abstract
The findings suggest that overall breast cancer patients perceived benefit from their cancer treatment in long-term. However, patients reported problems with global quality of life, pain, arm symptoms and body image even after 18 months following their treatments. In addition, most of the functional scores did not improve.
Cancer survivorship and careCancer-related cognitive impairment studiesBreast Cancer Treatment StudiesMedicineBreast cancerQuality of life (healthcare)Surgical oncologyMastectomyCancerProspective cohort studyInternal medicinePhysical therapy
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AdultBreast NeoplasmsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMastectomyMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingProspective StudiesQuality of LifeSurveys and QuestionnairesSocioeconomic FactorsStress, PsychologicalTime FactorsTreatment Outcome
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Quality of life among long-term breast cancer survivors: A systematic review
European Journal of Cancer · 2005 · 582 citations
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