Quality of life in patients with breast cancer with neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aims of this systematic review were to assess the impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) on breast cancer (BC) patients' quality of life (QOL), to compare the different regimens of NAC on BC patients' QOL, to compare NAC versus adjuvant chemotherapy on BC patients' QOL and to identify predictors of QOL on patients with BC receiving NAC.

Design

The design used Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.

Data sources

Cinahl, Embase, Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane library and PsycINFO were searched through 27 December 2021.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

The inclusion criteria were included: patients with BC receiving NAC, outcome measures related to QOL and published in English. The exclusi

SUBMITTER: Zhao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9677026 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature