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Breast Cancer
Findings from University of Wisconsin provide new insights into breast cancer
July 3rd, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "While many reports describe health-related quality of life (QOL) among breast cancer survivors, few compare QOL before and after diagnosis and whether changes in QOL substantially differ from changes experienced by all women during aging. QOL was examined in a cohort of female residents of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, aged 43 -86 years at the time of a 1988 -1990 baseline examination (N = 2,762; 83% of eligible)." "Participants were recontacted four times through 2002 to ascertain QOL using the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). QOL data for 114 incident breast cancer cases identified by data linkage with the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-07-03)
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