Physical Health Decline After Chemotherapy or Endocrine Therapy in Breast Cancer Survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Women with a history of breast cancer (BC) experience greater physical health decline compared with age-matched women without cancer. However, whether this decline differs in patients who received chemotherapy and endocrine therapy is not well understood.

Objective

To investigate physical health decline in BC survivors who received chemotherapy or endocrine therapy compared with age-matched women without cancer.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective cohort study was conducted as part of the Cancer Prevention Study-3, a prospective US cohort study that enrolled participants in 35 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico between 2006 and 2013. Follow-up for this analysis was through April 1, 2020. Statistical analyses were conducted betw

SUBMITTER: Bodelon C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11871543 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature