Quality of Life Outcomes in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy With or Without Radiation Therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Understanding quality of life (QOL) implications of individual components of breast cancer treatment is important as systemic therapies continue to improve oncologic outcomes. We hypothesized that adjuvant radiation therapy does not significantly impact QOL domains in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Methods

Data was drawn from three prospective studies in women with localized breast cancer being treated with chemotherapy from March 2014 to December 2019. Patient-reported measures were collected at baseline (pretreatment) and post-treatment using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F) measure, which consists of 5 subscales. Changes in mean QOL scores in patients who received radiotherapy were compared to those who did no

SUBMITTER: Morse RT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12203595 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature