Quality of life over time in a German cohort of breast cancer survivors
Thöne, K.; Obi, N.; Jung, A.; Schmidt, M.; Chang-Claude, J.; Flesch-Janys, D. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2017 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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Background: Breast cancer (BC) survivors often suffer late and long-term residual symptoms from the disease and its treatment. To date, relatively little is known about long-term quality of life (QoL) in BC survivors. This study aimed to investigate QoL over time using patient reported status before diagnosis (T0), during treatment phases (T1), as well as 1 year post-surgery (T2), approx. 5 years (T3) and ≥10 years (T4) post-diagnosis. Methods: Data from the German population-based MARIE cohort of 3813 BC patients aged 50 – 74 years at diagnosis (2002 – 2005) and followed up until 2009 (1FUP) and 2015 (2FUP) wer…
