Quality of life (QOL) is an important outcome for cancer survivors; but although age is a
major risk factor, most breast cancer survivorship studies are conducted with younger …

Older women who survive breast cancer may differ significantly in their long-term well-being.
Using a risk and protective factors model, we studied predictors of well-being in 127 women …

purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between life‐stage
variables (ie, age at diagnosis and years of survival) and quality‐of‐life (QOL) outcomes in …

BACKGROUND Younger survivors (YS) of breast cancer often report more survivorship
symptoms such as fatigue, depression, sexual difficulty, and cognitive problems than older …

Purpose/Objectives: To describe quality-of-life (QOL) changes in older women with early-
stage breast cancer in the first year of survivorship and report on the effectiveness of a …

Purpose: We examined the health-related quality of life (QOL) of a cohort of older women
with breast cancer after their diagnosis. Patients and Methods: Six hundred ninety-one …

Background. Breast cancer survivors may experience adverse effects of cancer and/or
treatment years after completion of therapy, which can considerably decrease quality of life …

Purpose This study was designed to investigate quality of life (QOL) differences between
younger (< 50 years) and older (≥ 50 years) breast cancer survivors and to determine the …

Background: Women with breast cancer are the largest group of female survivors of cancer.
There is limited information about the long-term quality of life (QOL) in disease-free breast …

BACKGROUND: The majority of cancer survivors are aged≥ 65 years, yet, historically,
cancer research has focused infrequently on older patients. The objective of this study was …