The quality of survival in breast cancer: A case-control comparison

Craig, Thomas J.; Comstock, George W.; Geiser, Patricia B.

doi:10.1002/1097-0142(197405)33:5<1451::aid-cncr2820330531>3.0.co;2-g

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“…Two studies comparing the employment status of healthy controls versus breast cancer [19] and Hodgkin's disease [77] survivors found no statistically significant differences. Other authors have reported that about 20-25% of cancer survivors were not able to return to work at the same level as a result of having been treated for malignancy [43,44,69].…”

Section: Employment Issues Familial and Social Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Psychosocial rehabilitation of cancer patients after curative therapy

Ronson

Body

2001

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The concept of rehabilitation of cancer patients is based on the relatively recent awareness of the strong interrelations existing between physical, psychological and social aspects of human life. Cancer potentially disrupts all of these primary components of quality of life. The aim of rehabilitation is to promote global physical and psychosocial adjustment by acting at all modifiable levels, namely strengthening individual coping resources through psychotherapy, improving quantity and quality of familial and social support, and restoring optimal physical functioning.

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Section: Employment Issues Familial and Social Relationshipsmentioning

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Psychosocial rehabilitation of cancer patients after curative therapy

Ronson

Body

2001

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“…Most are lengthy and require specially trained personnel to use them but they may be valuable in oncological research for detailed study of particular aspects of patients' lives (Maguire et al, 1980;McArdle et al, 1981). Fewer attempts have been made to produce instruments specifically for use in oncological research or practice (Priestman & Baum, 1976;Eisenberg & Goldenburg, 1966;Izsak & Medelie, 1971;Worden & Weisman, 1977;Padilla et al, 1981;Craig et al, 1974), and most of these have not been formally evaluated or widely used. Priestman & Baum (1976) designed an instrument with 10 (and later 25) items (Baum et al, 1980) selected on the basis of their clinical experience and measured by linear analogue self assessment.…”

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The development of a method for assessing the quality of life of cancer patients

Selby¹,

Chapman²,

Etazadi-Amoli³

et al. 1984

Br J Cancer

253

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Summary Although the need for a method of measuring the quality of life of patients undergoing therapy for cancer has been widely recognised, no adequately evaluated or feasible method has been established. We describe a method in which 31 items were assessed by patient self report using linear analogue scales. Eighteen items inquiring about general health problems were derived from the Sickness Impact Profile, an established method of assessing the effect of health upon behaviour and function. Thirteen items inquiring about major problems associated with breast cancer were derived from clinical experience and the opinions of patients with this disease.Each item of the measurement method (instrument) has been evaluated for content, feasability, reliability and validity by methods that are widely used in psychometry but less familiar in medicine. It appeared easy to use, acceptable and reliable in these assessment. Validity was evaluated indirectly since no standard measurements of quality of life exist for comparison. Most items appeared valid when compared to alternative measurement methods including the Sickness Impact Profile and evaluation by a physician in a structured interview. The correlations between items in the instrument were analysed by factor analysis and seemed to fit with the clinical features of breast cancer. The method distinguished between clinically distinct groups of patients and detected changes with time.The study illustrates the possible approaches to the scientific evaluation of methods for measuring subjective features of patients lives. This method appears suitable for some purposes to measure quality of life in breast cancer and is intended to be flexible enough to be modified for other diseases. However, further evaluation, development and refinement will be needed before routine clinical application can be recommended.

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“…3 However, in general, studies have found that a cancer survivor's quality of life typically returns to a level comparable to that of individuals with no history of cancer soon after treatment completion. [3][4][5][6] Although the psychosocial functioning of the majority of cancer survivors has not been found to differ significantly from that of the general population, research suggests that a notable percentage of survivors do continue to experience elevated levels of emotional distress. 7 Anxiety, depression, fears of disease recurrence, and concerns regarding passing the disease on to their offspring surface as persistent emotional and psychologic issues of cancer survivors.…”

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Adult cancer survivors: How are they faring?

Baker

Denniston

Smith

et al. 2005

Cancer

329

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This study identified the psychosocial problems that 752 patients from 3 states who had been diagnosed with 1 of the 10 most commonly occurring cancers indicated concerned them the most. Approximately 1 year after being diagnosed with cancer, 68.1% of patients were concerned with their illness returning, and more than half were concerned with developing a disease recurrence (59.8%) or had fears regarding the future (57.7%). In addition to these psychological problems focused on fear, approximately two-thirds (67.1%) of patients were concerned about a physical health problem, fatigue, and loss of strength. Two other physical health problems that concerned more than two-fifths of patients were sleep difficulties (47.9%) and sexual dysfunction (41.2%). More problems were reported by younger survivors (ages 18 -54 yrs), women, nonwhites, those who were not married, and those with a household income of less than $20,000 a year. Those patients currently in treatment for cancer reported on average significantly more problems (P Ͻ 0.001) and on average had a higher Cancer Problems in Living Scale (CPILS) total score (P Ͻ 0.001) compared with those not currently in treatment. In a comparison of respondents with one of the four most common cancers, the most concerns regarding problems in living and highest mean CPILS scores were reported by those diagnosed with lung cancer, followed by survivors of breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and prostate cancer. Cancer 2005;104(11 Suppl):2565-76.

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The quality of survival in breast cancer: A case-control comparison

Cited by 78 publications

References 13 publications

Psychosocial rehabilitation of cancer patients after curative therapy

Psychosocial rehabilitation of cancer patients after curative therapy

The development of a method for assessing the quality of life of cancer patients

Adult cancer survivors: How are they faring?

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