Physical and functional well-being and symptoms of ovarian cancer in women undergoing first-line of chemotherapy: a one-year follow-up.
Amanda Canato FerraciniGabriela PereiraCinthia Madeira de SouzaThiago Fortes Cabello Dos SantosLuís Otávio SarianSophie DerchainPriscila Gava MazzolaPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2021)
At the baseline, the clinicopathological features such as stage, presence of post-surgery residual disease, and type of chemotherapy correlated with on QOL scores. At one-year follow-up, women who underwent chemotherapy showed improvement in QOL regardless of the type of chemotherapy they received. Future prospective study with a larger group is recommended.