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Factors Affecting Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients: A Descriptive and Cross-sectional Study with Review of Literature.
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- The Effect of Spiritual Therapies on the Quality of Life of Women with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review.Journal of religion and health · 2025Pooled it
- Late-stage diagnosis: The driving force behind high breast cancer mortality in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- A descriptive systematic review of the relationship between personality traits and quality of life of women with non-metastatic breast cancer.BMC cancer · 2022Pooled it
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- Hope, meaning in life and religious/spiritual struggle predicts the quality of life in cancer patients with early and advanced malignancy: a structural equation modeling approach.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- Quality of life of breast cancer patients in Amhara region, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Disease landscape of advanced HER2-breast cancer patients by treatment line in three EU countries and USA.Future oncology (London, England) · 2024Article
- Factors influencing the quality of life among women with cancer in Vietnam.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Factors associated with health-related quality of life in a cohort of cancer survivors in New Jersey.BMC cancer · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis descriptive and cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the factors affecting quality of life (QOL) in breast cancer patients.
methodsWe collected data from 60 patients of carcinoma breast post modified radical mastectomy on radiotherapy in a tertiary care hospital. We included volunteered patients with a signed informed consent and at least 70 Karnofsky Performance Scale points. The data was gathered by interview technique using EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BR23 (Breast Cancer Module).
resultsThe mean age at presentation was 47.6 years (range 30-75 years).75% patients were of low socio-economic status and 63.3% belonged to rural areas. Younger Women in the age group of 30-39 years had faired worst on physical, social and emotional scores as compared to older women in the age group of 70-79 years. Other factors which affected Quality of Life of patients during treatment were stage of disease at presentation, performance score of the patients, socioeconomic status of disease at follow up.
conclusionAge, Education status, Performance Score, Stage of disease at presentation and status of disease at last follow up are few factors which significantly affects QOL in Carcinoma breast patients though the treatment remains same. Advanced studies on individual quality of life factors affecting cancer would empower physicians for better personal care techniques and patients for easily overcoming the disease.
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