Effects of cancer stigma on quality of life of patients with hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds/aims

Cancer stigma (CS), a self-inflicted sense of hopelessness, has been identified as a major factor affecting cancer patients' outcomes. However, few studies have investigated the CS-related outcomes in hepatobiliary and pancreatic (HBP) cancer. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate effects of CS on quality of life (QoL) of HBP cancer.

Methods

From 2017 to 2018, 73 patients who underwent curative surgery for HBP tumor at a single intuitive were enrolled prospectively. The QoL was measured using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QoL score, and CS was evaluated in three categories, "impossibility of recovery," "cancer stereotypes," and "social discrimination." the stigma was defined by higher scores of attitudes compared wit

SUBMITTER: Kim N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10201065 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature