Self-evaluation of duration of adjuvant chemotherapy side effects in breast cancer patients: A prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We recently reported that self-evaluation of the incidence and severity of treatment-related side effects (TSEs) using a National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v4.0-based questionnaire was feasible and more informative than doctor reports in patients undergoing standard adjuvant chemotherapy for operable breast cancer. Here, we compare self- and doctor-evaluated day of onset and duration of TSEs in the same population.

Patients and methods

Six hundred and four patients were enrolled at 11 sites in Italy. CTCAE v4.0 definitions of grade of severity of nausea, vomiting, constipation, anorexia, dysgeusia, diarrhea, fatigue, pain, paresthesia, and dyspnea were translated into Italian and rephrased. Questionnaires were ad

SUBMITTER: Galizia D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6144000 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature