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Health-related quality of life in Asian patients with breast cancer: a systematic review.

Peh-Joo HoSofie A M GernaatMikael HartmanHelena M Verkooijen
Published in: BMJ open (2018)
In Asia, patients with breast cancer, in particular those with other comorbidities and those treated with chemotherapy, with less social support and with more unmet needs, have poorer HRQL. Appropriate social support and meeting the needs of patients may improve patients' HRQL.
Keyphrases
  • social support
  • depressive symptoms
  • end stage renal disease
  • newly diagnosed
  • chronic kidney disease
  • prognostic factors
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • locally advanced
  • rectal cancer