[PDF] Top 20 A systematic review of quality of life instruments in long-term breast cancer survivors

... of breast cancer treat- ment on different aspects of QoL or overall QoL ...lower breast, functional, and physical ...or breast conserving ...the long-term QoL. Ahles et al. [37] ... See full document

... the Quality of Life-Cancer Survivors (QoL-CS) questionnaire ...both instruments are linearly transformed to values from 0 to 100 ... See full document

... cervical cancer survivors should first take consideration of the QOL instruments ’ psycho- metric ...this review, all 11 instruments met the minimum requirements of reliability and ... See full document

... QOL instruments for which clinically important differences have been established and which cover both cancer-specific and general QOL mea- sures regarding psychological as well as physical ...CRC ... See full document

... The life experience of cancer patients is strongly affected by the disease and this has important psychosocial implications, including significant psychological stress that greatly compromises ... See full document

... in breast cancer patients [11]. Since the survival rates of cancer have increased consid- erably, the long-term side effects of cancer and cancer- related treatments may ... See full document

... the Long-term Qual- ity of Life (LTQL) questionnaire based on the same con- ceptual ...female cancer survivors, they conducted a factor analysis, an internal consistency analysis, and ... See full document

... - PC survivors reported comparable HRQoL scores compared to age-matched, normative population, except in role physical PC survivors treated with EBRT reported significantly (p<0.05) w[r] ... See full document

... in cancer survivors, or synergistic effects of moderators may exist that can only be revealed in more complex analyses which require larger ...of long-term effects and direct comparisons to ... See full document

... the breast cancer survivors who had an illness duration of ≥3 years had higher QOL compared with those who had been ill for 2–3 years; among these patients, the breast cancer ... See full document

... Research on QoL in ABC is challenging. Assessing the QoL of ABC patients is critically important in a population who are often unwell from both local (obstructive jaundice, biliary sepsis, bowel obstruction and liver ... See full document

... CYP cancer survivors will report decreased quality of life compared to the general population, which can be directly attributed to these ongoing health problems xvi[16] ... See full document

... for cancer survivors, but there is a need for better integration of lifestyle change into stand- ard models of post-cancer-treatment care ...for cancer recurrence and patients’ adoption of ... See full document

... colorectal cancer survivors is growing. A colorectal cancer diagnosis and its treatment can bring along adverse long- and short term effects that influence the health-related ... See full document

... with cancer may be beneficial and could help pre- vent distress becoming clinical depression or ...satisfactory quality of ...self-management, cancer and psychological dis- tress have focused on the ... See full document

... moderate-quality review suggested that single types of exercise interventions (general aerobic, yoga or tai chi) were more effective at increasing QoL at 4–52 weeks after intervention; half of the studies ... See full document

... provide breast cancer survivors with tools and resources needed to succeed in their weight management ...help breast cancer survivors maintain body weight in the long ... See full document

... Patients and carers (and respective organisations) were involved in the design and development of the programme development grant application (from which this review is one output). Patients and carers attended ... See full document

... The breast is made up of fatty tissue and glandular ,milk producing ...the breast overlies the pectoralis major muscle between the second and sixth ...the breast tissue parenchyma from the deep ... See full document

... An attempt was made to look at the relationship between type of surgical procedure (gastroplasty, gastric banding and gastric bypass) and reported QoL outcomes (Table 3). Three studies [39, 54 & 55] used two types of ... See full document