Empowerment-Led Guided Self-Help Intervention for Symptom Burden in Breast Cancer Women Treated With Ovarian Function Suppression: A Randomized Trial Protocol
Yuan Li,
Yun Yun Chen,
Su Xing Wang
et al.
Abstract:Background
Ovarian function suppression (OFS) treatment causes breast cancer patients’ estrogens to fall rapidly to postmenopausal levels, and the 5-year treatment duration and 28-day treatment cycles place a heavy physical and psychological symptom burden on them, which in turn directly or indirectly affects the survival benefit. Managing symptom burden early in treatment is critical, but OFS-related studies have yet to be seen. Self-management is essential for patients’ symptom burden. However, … Show more
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