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Breast Cancer
Quality of life issues compared for breast cancer survivors
September 22nd, 2005
Quality of life issues were compared for breast cancer survivors in a recent study published in Psycho-oncology. "Women with breast cancer are one of the largest groups of cancer survivors," scientists in the United States reported. "This research examined whether breast cancer has a long-term impact on quality of life (QOL) by comparing 5-year disease-free survivors to age-matched controls and by comparing women who sustained a recurrence to disease-free survivors." "Controls were recruited using the neighborhood control methodology," explained Helgeson and Tomich. "QOL (physical, emotional, social, and spiritual) was assessed during...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-22)
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