Abstract:Background
Treatments for advanced or metastatic breast cancer (aBC/mBC) are associated with gastrointestinal (GI) toxicities. The objective of this study was to assess the association between GI toxicities in mBC/aBC and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and economic burden.
Methods
We conducted a comprehensive literature search of the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (2017), NHS Economic Evaluation Database (2016), Embase (1988 – 2017 week 34), … Show more
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