Novel evaluation scale for QOL (QOL-ACD-BP) in preoperative chemotherapy for breast cancer.

Koji TakadaShinichiro KashiwagiWataru GotoYuka AsanoKatsuyuki TakahashiTamami MorisakiTsutomu TakashimaShuhei TomitaKosei HirakawaMasaichi Ohira

Published in: Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology (2018)

Our study shows that QOL after POC may also affect prognosis and supported the importance of maintaining QOL in cancer treatment. In patients with breast cancer treated with POC, QOL-ACD-BP, which is a new QOL evaluation index, was found to be a useful tool for predicting the patients' prognosis.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
rectal cancer