Quality of life, fatigue and depression in Italian long-term breast cancer survivors

The present study is the first multidimensional evaluation of fatigue, depression and quality of life in long-term breast cancer survivors (BCS) carried out in Italy. The finding of a worse health related quality of life contrasts with other previous studies which showed that, overall, BCS are compa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Supportive care in cancer 2012-11, Vol.20 (11), p.2941-2948
Hauptverfasser:	Romito, Francesca, Cormio, Claudia, Giotta, Francesco, Colucci, Giuseppe, Mattioli, Vittorio
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Breast cancer Breast Neoplasms - psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Depression - epidemiology Depression - etiology Depression, Mental Fatigue Fatigue - epidemiology Fatigue - etiology Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Italy Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mental depression Middle Aged Nursing Nursing Research Oncology Original Article Pain Medicine Quality of Life Rehabilitation Medicine Risk Factors Survivor Survivors - psychology Time Factors
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Zusammenfassung:	The present study is the first multidimensional evaluation of fatigue, depression and quality of life in long-term breast cancer survivors (BCS) carried out in Italy. The finding of a worse health related quality of life contrasts with other previous studies which showed that, overall, BCS are comparable to or even better than the healthy controls.
ISSN:	0941-4355 1433-7339
DOI:	10.1007/s00520-012-1424-9