Health-related quality of life outcomes among breast cancer survivors.

Jihye ParkJuan L RodriguezKatie M O'BrienHazel B NicholsM Elizabeth HodgsonClarice R WeinbergDale R Sandler

Published in: Cancer (2020)

Findings from a study suggest that prognostic and cancer treatment-related factors affect health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in breast cancer survivors and that poor HRQOL may increase the mortality risk. The evaluation of HRQOL is important because it may hold potential as a tool for optimizing survivorship care.

Keyphrases

healthcare
palliative care
quality improvement
affordable care act
childhood cancer
chronic pain