Financial toxicitySocial supportPurpose Little is known about how breast cancer may impact survivors' financial well-being. This study aims to investigate the financial status, burden, and opinions of breast ca
While some women spoke positively of their husbands, highlighting their financial and moral support, several also spoke of their husbands abandoning them and taking on a co-wife at the time of diagnosis. Women explained their husbands' abandonment after cancer diagnosis or amputation by fear of the...
divergent needs of populations worldwide. Malnutrition increases susceptibility tooral diseases, andmicronutrientdeficiencies may be manifested first in theoral cavity. Alternatively, dietary excesses can lead to obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer that may impact the integrity of the oral...
Interestingly, this study found that having any education has a stronger association to BCA than a previous family history of breast cancer. Perhaps women with education have a greater ability to raise themselves above fatalism and realise that seeking medical advice early may make a difference. ...
The risk of breast cancer patients for long-term side effects of therapy such as neurotoxicity and cardiotoxicity as well as late effects regarding comorbidities varies from individual to individual. Personalised follow-up care concepts that are tailored to individual needs and the risk of recurrences...
For women diagnosed with stage 0 breast cancer (small, localized tumors), these medical costs totaled $48,477, on average, 6 months after diagnosis. The total rose to $71,909 after 2 years. For stages I and II (tumors had not grown deeply into nearby tissues), the range was $61,621...
Heuschmann1,7,9† and the BETTER-CARE Study Group Abstract Background The risk of breast cancer patients for long-term side effects of therapy such as neurotoxicity and car- diotoxicity as well as late effects regarding comorbidities varies from individual ...
Conference|Educated Patient® Breast Cancer Summit Patients who understand their roles and responsibilities may better help their care teams understand what they may be at risk for in their cancer survivorship. Breast cancer survivors are living longer, and with that comes late-term si...
that means in terms of treatment options, side effects and recurrence of the cancer. Discuss the benefits and risk of breast-sparing surgery (lumpectomy) or total removal of the breast (mastectomy). Ask your surgeon's advice on removing your unaffected breast in anticipation of a second tumor...
Patient education materials given to breast cancer survivors may not be a good fit for their information needs. Needs may change over time, be forgotten, or be misreported, for a variety of reasons. An automated content analysis of survivors' postings to online health forums can identify express...