Although the psychosocial concomitants of early-stage breast cancer have been well-
documented, the relationship between cancer recurrence and quality of life remains less …

Previous studies on breast cancer recurrence provide a mixed picture of the quality of life of
women following a recurrence. To clarify the picture, the present study addresses some …

PURPOSE Quality of life of breast cancer survivors 8 years after diagnosis was compared
with that among similarly aged women who had never confronted cancer (controls) …

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 …

Longitudinal data from 195 breast cancer survivors were used to identify factors affecting the
level and rate of change in quality of life after completion of treatment. Women were …

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 …

Purpose To describe the psychosocial concerns and quality of life of breast cancer survivors
evaluated 2 and 3 years after primary treatment. Methods A sample of 139 breast cancer …

BACKGROUND To the authors' knowledge, data characterizing patients' psychosocial
experiences after a recurrence diagnosis are limited. This report provides the physical …

PURPOSE: Little information is available about the effects of recurrent breast cancer on the
quality of life of women and their family members. The present study assessed patients' and …

This article discusses the gap between an ever-increasing interest in research on the quality
of life in patients with breast cancer and the lack of impact this research has had in the actual …