523 Breast cancer wait times: the journey from detection to adjuvant treatment

Barlow, Ellen; Verma, Sarika; Kanji, Femina; Hopkins, Sean; Paquet, Lise

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“…Alam S 1 , Ahmad N 2 , Bhuiyan MZR 3 , Sarmin S 4 , Shams MJ 5 , Rashid MU 6 Bangladesh. 2 BC patients may experience multiple symptoms at a time due to the disease itself, treatment or combination of both. 3 e study follows de nitions of 'symptoms' and 'clustered symptoms' after a literature review.…”

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“…Subjective perception of disease is known as "symptom". 1,2 Symptoms may be complex and clustered in nature. 3 Aggregations of three or more symptoms that may or may not be originated from a single source are known as "clustered symptoms".…”

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“…Previous studies have found that symptoms of fatigue, depression, sleep disturbances and pain are prevalent across di erent stages of breast cancer and treatment. 2,[4][5][6][7][8] Symptoms such as pain, fatigue, sleep alterations, depression, loss of appetite were identi ed by previous studies as most common, associated or highly prevalent symptoms of breast cancer patients. 1,8 Symptom clusters may a ect each other and may trigger other symptoms to a ect QOL.…”

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Cluster analysis of symptoms of Bangladeshi women with breast cancer in palliative care centre of a tertiary hospital

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Breast cancer patients may experience multiple symptoms due to the disease itself, treatment or combination of both. The aim of the present study was to identify group of symptoms experienced by the patients with breast cancer using cluster analysis. We examined symptom profiles of 120 patients with breast cancer who attended a hospital palliative care centre in a tertiary institution. Following symptoms were analyzed: pain, nausea, loss of appetite, constipation, weakness, cough, breathlessness, sleeplessness, lymphedema, sadness, anxiety and depression. Hierarchical cluster analysis was used to identify the natural groupings within the set. We could identify three clusters. Cluster 1 was characterized by pain, depression, anxiety, weakness, sleeplessness and loss of appetite. Cluster 2 comprised of cough, breathlessness, nausea and constipation. Cluster 3 consisted of two symptoms lymphedema and sadness. The results revealed that the patients with breast cancer experienced symptoms that are multiple and clustered together. Neuro-psychiatric symptoms and weakness formed a significant strong relationship. Knowledge obtained from this study can be beneficial for better understanding, assessment and management of symptom clusters in women with breast cancer. It may also help patients to plan ahead for them to seek management of concurrent symptoms to improve their quality of life.Bangladesh Med J. 2016 Jan; 45 (1): 25-30

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Section: Cluster Analysis Of Symptoms Of Bangladeshi Women With Breasmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…[ 6 7 ] Previous studies have found that symptoms of fatigue, depression, sleep disturbances, and pain are prevalent across different stages of BC and treatment. [ 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ]…”

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Cluster analysis of symptoms of Bangladeshi women with breast cancer

Khan

Ahmad

Biswas

2018

Indian J Palliat Care

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Background:Breast cancer (BC) patients may experience multiple symptoms due to the disease itself, cancer treatment or combination of both.Aim:The aim of the present study was to express multiple symptoms experienced by the patients with BC as clusters.Methods:This was a retrospective study. We examined symptom profiles of 120 patients with BC who attended the Centre for Palliative Care, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from January 2009 to December 2013. We included all case sheets of BC patients, which had documentation of needed information. Following symptoms were analyzed: pain, nausea, loss of appetite, constipation, weakness, cough, breathlessness, sleeplessness, lymphedema, sadness, anxiety, and depression. Hierarchical cluster analysis was used to identify the natural groupings within the set.Results:We could identify three clusters, namely (1) “neuropsychiatric,” (2) “gastro-respiratory,” and (3) “miscellaneous” symptom clusters. The symptoms in cluster 2 comprised of cough, breathlessness, nausea, and constipation. Cluster 1 was characterized by pain, depression, anxiety, weakness, sleeplessness, and loss of appetite. Cluster 2 was comprised of cough, breathlessness, nausea, and constipation. Cluster 3 consisted of two symptoms lymphedema and sadness. The results revealed that the multiple symptoms of patients with BC experienced had been clustered together. Neuropsychiatric symptoms and weakness formed a significant strong relationship with each other.Conclusion:Knowledge obtained from this study could be beneficial for better understanding, assessment, and management of symptom clusters in women with BC. It may also help patients to plan ahead for them to seek management of concurrent symptoms to improve their quality of life.

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523 Breast cancer wait times: the journey from detection to adjuvant treatment

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Cluster analysis of symptoms of Bangladeshi women with breast cancer in palliative care centre of a tertiary hospital

Cluster analysis of symptoms of Bangladeshi women with breast cancer in palliative care centre of a tertiary hospital

Cluster analysis of symptoms of Bangladeshi women with breast cancer

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