Longitudinal change of quality of life in the first five years of survival among disease-free Chinese breast cancer survivors

Purpose This study aimed to investigate changes of QoL during the first 5 years of survival among disease-free Chinese breast cancer survivors. Methods A prospective cohort study enrolled 1462 Chinese women with early-stage breast cancer, and longitudinally visited those patients at four time-points, namely baseline (T0), 18- (T1), 36- (T2), and 60-month (T3) after diagnosis. This study included 992 patients who were disease-free during the first 5 years of survival and who had completed QoL assessments at all four time-points. Results The score of global health status/QoL improved gradually (T1, T2, T3 > T0; P T0; P T1, T2, T3; P