Background Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, representing 16% of all
female cancers. According to the American Cancer Society, long-term cancer survival is …

Background This paper evaluates psychometric properties of a recently developed measure
focusing on the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of long-term cancer survivors, the …

Background: Although most of the literature about health-related quality of life (HRQoL)
focuses on breast cancer patients, few studies compared the HRQoL in disease-free breast …

Background Data from a nationwide sample of US breast cancer survivors were used to
examine associations between patient characteristics (breast cancer clinical features …

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 …

Purpose There is considerable interest in the quality of life (QOL) of long-term breast cancer
(BC) survivors. We studied changes in QOL from time of BC diagnosis to long-term …

Purpose Cancer survivors are now living longer giving rise to a new concept—chronic
cancer as survivors continue to face long-term consequences of cancer and its treatment …

In 2006, breast cancer was the third leading cause of death in American women; however,
more women survive breast cancer than any other type of cancer. As the disease …

Purpose To identify the impact of clinical and socio-economic determinants on quality of life
(QoL) among breast cancer (BC) survivors 5 years after diagnosis. Methods A cross …

Background Breast cancer care today involves state-of-the-art biomedical treatment but can
fail to address the broader psychosocial and quality-of-life (QoL) issues associated with the …