2011
DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2011.23060
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Quality of Life of Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer Treated with Epirubicin and Docetaxel

Abstract: This phase II study assessed the clinical response and short-term quality of life of patients receiving first-line chemotherapy with epirubicin-docetaxel combination for metastatic breast cancer. Thirty-one breast cancer patients were treated with epirubicin (75 mg/m<sup>2</sup> for 15 minutes) followed one hour later by a one-hour infusion of docetaxel (75 mg/m<sup>2</sup>) q3w. EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-BR23 forms were filled in at baseline, and at the second and eighth cycle of che… Show more

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“…Adjuvant therapy can also lead to a significant deterioration in patientsʼ quality of life [29]. A number of studies have investigated the quality of life of breast cancer patients, usually using the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire, to determine the effectiveness of different (chemo-)therapeutic interventions or to compare them [30][31][32]. However, not many studies have looked at the quality of life and state of health of patients with metastatic disease or receiving adjuvant treatment and compared these findings with an age-adjusted cohort of the general population.…”
Section: Health-related Quality Of Life In Metastatic and Adjuvant Brmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Adjuvant therapy can also lead to a significant deterioration in patientsʼ quality of life [29]. A number of studies have investigated the quality of life of breast cancer patients, usually using the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire, to determine the effectiveness of different (chemo-)therapeutic interventions or to compare them [30][31][32]. However, not many studies have looked at the quality of life and state of health of patients with metastatic disease or receiving adjuvant treatment and compared these findings with an age-adjusted cohort of the general population.…”
Section: Health-related Quality Of Life In Metastatic and Adjuvant Brmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A limitation of this study was the low number of cases which did not show significent differences in quality of life between patients with metastatic disease and patients in the adjuvant setting. The expectation would be that patients with metastatic disease have a lower self-reported quality of life compared to patients receiving adjuvant therapy [32,40]. Studies which permit direct comparisons between the two groups of patients are needed.…”
Section: Sociodemographic Variablesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Von den 5 Funktionsskalen des QLQ-C30 zeigen sich die größten Einschränkungen bei der arbeits-und freizeitbezogenen Belastbarkeit, der mittlere Scorewert betrug hier lediglich 59,4, gefolgt von der sozialen (61,4), emotionalen (63,6), körperlichen (72,9) und kognitiven Belastbarkeit (75,4). Bei den QLQ-C30-Symptomskalen zeigten sich die Belastungswerte deutlich erhöht vor allem bei den Symptomatiken Müdigkeit (44,4), Schlafstörungen (39,8), Schmerz (32,3) und Atemnot (27,7) und erhöht bei den Variablen Durchfall (20,6) und Appetitlosigkeit (18,7). Relativ unauffällig zeigte sich nur die Symptomatik Übelkeit/Erbrechen (7).…”
Section: Gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität Und Gesundheitsstatus Desunclassified
“…In verschiedenen Studien wurde zumeist mittels des Erhebungsbogens EORTC QLQ-C30 die Lebensqualität von Brustkrebspatientinnen erfasst, um die patientenbezogene Wirksamkeit (Effectiveness) verschiedener (chemo-)therapeutischer Interventionen festzuhalten bzw. zu vergleichen [30][31][32]. Bisher wurde jedoch nur unzureichend berücksichtigt, wie sich die Lebensqualität und der Gesundheitsstatus von Patientinnen in der metastasierten oder adjuvanten Situation im Vergleich zur altersadjustierten Allgemeinbevölkerung gestaltet, was jedoch nötig ist, um grundlegende Aussagen zum Grad der Beschwerdefreiheit treffen zu können.…”
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