The Impact of Outpatient Chemotherapy-Related Adverse Events on the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients

Tomoya Tachi, Hitomi Teramachi, Kazuhide Tanaka, Shoko Asano, Tomohiro Osawa, Azusa Kawashima, Masahiro Yasuda, Takashi Mizui, Takumi Nakada, Yoshihiro Noguchi, Teruo Tsuchiya and Chitoshi Goto

PLOS ONE, 2015, vol. 10, issue 4, 1-15

Abstract: The objective of our study was to clarify the impact of adverse events associated with the initial course of outpatient chemotherapy on the quality of life of breast cancer patients. We conducted a survey to assess the quality of life in 48 breast cancer patients before and after receiving their first course of outpatient chemotherapy at Gifu Municipal Hospital. Patients completed the European Quality of Life 5 Dimensions and Quality of Life Questionnaire for Cancer Patients Treated with Anticancer Drugs before and after 1 course of outpatient chemotherapy. European Quality of Life 5 Dimensions utility value and Quality of Life Questionnaire for Cancer Patients Treated with Anticancer Drugs total score decreased significantly after chemotherapy (p

Date: 2015
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