By: University of Geneva From: medicalxpress.com When it comes to health, inequalities can be seen at every level for women with breast cancer: prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and survival. But what about their quality of life? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), Inserm, and Gustave Roussy has tracked nearly 6,000 women diagnosed …
For Your Patients: Understanding Palliative Care for Breast Cancer
By: Shalmali Pal From: medpagetoday.com Palliative care plays an important role in helping maintain the best quality of life as you undergo treatment Your healthcare partners are committed to providing you with the most up-to-date and timely therapies and interventions to treat breast cancer. One of these interventions is palliative care, also known as supportive care. Palliative care aims to …
Exercise program improves quality of life for patients with metastatic breast cancer
By: Matthew Shinkle From: healio.com Key takeaways: Results showed improved quality of life and reduced fatigue after the exercise program. More research is needed to design a safe exercise program for those with unstable bone metastases. SAN ANTONIO — Patients with metastatic breast cancer who take part in a supervised, structured exercise program during palliative treatment may experience improved quality …
Resilience can help breast cancer patients manage difficult symptoms
From: today.uic.edu Women being treated for breast cancer often contend with symptoms that decrease their quality of life, such as pain and fatigue. Researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago College of Nursing, along with colleagues in Taiwan, studied how resilience can help patients improve their quality of life while dealing with these symptoms. They found that patients who …
The Symptoms of Stage 4 Breast Cancer
From: healthline.com Stage 4 breast cancer symptoms are signs that the cancer has spread to other areas of your body. They can include breast lumps, swelling and other changes. Treatment options at this stage will focus around quality of life choices. Doctors typically categorize breast cancer by stages, numbered 0 to 4. According to the National Cancer Institute,Trusted Source those …
Community-Based Intervention LEAPS Improves Cancer Care
By: Kate O’Rourke From: clinicaloncology.com Interventions that pair community-based health workers with low-income and minority patients with cancer improve quality of life (QOL), reduce use of acute care, and may offer more effective and sustainable ways to foster equitable management of cancer, according to new research. The study, spearheaded by Manali Patel, MD, an assistant professor of oncology at Stanford …
Trodelvy Improves QOL in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
By: Greg Laub From: medpagetoday.com At the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) virtual meeting, new data from the phase III ASCENT study was presented showing that patients with treatment-resistant metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) who received sacituzumab govitecan (Trodelvy) had significant and clinically meaningful improvements in health-related quality of life (QOL). In this exclusive MedPage Today video, co-investigator Kevin …
Poor Health-Related Quality of Life May be Associated With Increased Mortality Among Breast Cancer Survivors
By: Ariana Pelosci From: cancernetwork.com A number of prognostic and treatment related factors have been found to impact health-related quality of life among survivors of breast cancer. Prognostic and cancer treatment–related factors may be predictive of health-related quality of life (HRQOL), which is associated with risk of mortality among survivors of breast cancer, according to a study published in the …
Rebecca Johnson, MD, on the Unique Challenges of Breast Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults
By: Jeff Minerd From: medpagetoday.com The incidence of breast cancer in adolescent and young adult (AYA) women has been increasing since 2004, with as many as 12,000 new diagnoses annually in recent years, noted Rebecca Johnson, MD, a pediatric oncologist at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma, Washington, and colleagues, writing in a clinical review in JCO Oncology Practice. Modifiable …
Personalised follow-up care needed to address varying health burdens in breast cancer patients
Source: European Society for Medical Oncology From: eurekalert.org As breast cancer becomes a largely curable disease, with more than 70% of women surviving at least 10 years after diagnosis across most of Europe thanks to early detection and treatment, (1) the quality of life after cancer has become an important aspect of the patient journey – one that may be …