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Emotional Problems Prior to Adjuvant Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer.
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- Prevalence and Determinants of Depression, Anxiety, and Quality of Life in Patients With Breast Cancer in Saudi Arabia: A Focus on Adjuvant Pharmacotherapy.Cancer medicine · 2026Observational
- Anatomy-based prediction method for determining ipsilateral lung doses in postoperative breast radiation therapy assisted by diagnostic computed tomography images.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2022Article
- Covid-19 and radiotherapy: a systematic review after 2 years of pandemic.Clinical and translational imaging · 2022Review
- Distress Scores in Elderly Cancer Patients During Radiotherapy.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
- Development of Distress During a Radiotherapy Course in Patients Irradiated for Breast Cancer.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
- Pre-treatment Emotional Distress in Patients Receiving Radiotherapy for Gynecologic Cancers.Cancer diagnosis & prognosisArticle
- Comparison of Distress Scores Before and After Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
aimBeing scheduled for radiotherapy can cause emotional distress. This study aimed to identify risk factors in 338 patients assigned to radiotherapy for breast cancer. PATIENTS AND
methodsNineteen potential risk factors including the COVID-19 pandemic were investigated for associations with the six emotional problems included in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Distress Thermometer.
resultsWorry and fears were significantly associated with age ≤60 years; sadness with age and Karnofsky performance score (KPS) <90; depression with KPS and Charlson Comorbidity Index ≥3; loss of interest with KPS. Trends were found for associations between sadness and additional breast cancer/DCIS, Charlson Index and chemotherapy; between depression and additional breast cancer/DCIS, treatment volume and nodal stage N1-3; between nervousness and additional breast cancer/DCIS, mastectomy and triple-negativity; between loss of interest and Charlson Index, family history of breast cancer/DCIS, invasive cancer, chemotherapy, and treatment volume. The COVID-19 pandemic did not increase emotional problems.
conclusionSeveral risk factors for emotional problems were identified. Patients with such factors should receive psychological support well before radiotherapy.
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