Quality‐of‐life evaluation has gained increasing attention within the oncology community
over the past 2 decades. The breadth of quality‐of‐life research in women with breast …

Quality of life is used increasingly as a primary and secondary endpoint of clinical
investigations of new therapies. Quality of life information may be especially useful for the …

DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djq542© The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights
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The health‐related quality of life (QOL) of breast cancer patients has been the focus of study
for many years. However, it is only recently that the quality‐of‐life construct has been …

Purpose Currently, 1,721,700 women are living with breast cancer in the United States. As
the number of survivors of breast cancer continues to rise, so must our knowledge about …

Effective treatment for breast cancer can produce a reasonably good ten-year survival rate in
comparison to many other cancer sites. Nevertheless, the potential psychological, sexual …

Attention to the quality of life (QOL) among long-term of breast cancer is long overdue.
Modest improvements in overall survival have led to a greater emphasis on how women are …

Appropriate assessment of quality of life parameters should be a mandatory requirement
when determining the outcome of different treatments for breast cancer. Such measures …

During the past decade, the importance of integrating quality of life with other indicators of
efficacy in cancer clinical trials has been emphasized. This article reviews quality-oflife …

Metastatic breast cancer cannot be cured with currently available therapeutic agents, and
the objectives of treatment must, therefore, be directed towards other goals that include the …