Breast Cancer Survivors: Main Physical and Psychosocial Problems After Completion of Treatment
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer
- Sponsor
- Instituto Brasileiro de Controle do Cancer
- Enrollment
- 105
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in Global Health Status by EORTC QLQ-C30 (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Core Quality of Life Questionnaire)
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Breast cancer directly affects women physically, psychologically and socially in the process of diagnosis, treatment and post-treatment. Despite the improvement in conventional breast cancer treatments that led to longer disease-free survival, many patients still suffer from physical, psychological, social and spiritual problems after treatment. The neglect of physical and psychosocial problems faced by patients who are between 1 and 2 years after the end of treatment negatively impacts the quality of life of this population.
Detailed Description
The purpose of the study is to assess the overall quality of life and measure the impact on women who have survived breast cancer for at least 1 year (12 months) and 2 years (24 months) after the end of primary treatment and to identify possible repercussions of breast cancer and its treatments associated with Quality of Life.
Investigators
Thiago Vidal Brito
Principal Investigator
Instituto Brasileiro de Controle do Cancer
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Breast cancer
- •Adult women (age ≥ 20 years old and less than 60 years old)
- •Patient who has been treated by surgery, with or without adjuvant chemotherapy
- •Clinical Stages I, II and III
- •Patients considered cured, without history of recurrences
- •Patients who completed treatment within a minimum of 1 year and are currently being undergoing outpatient follow-up
Exclusion Criteria
- •Initial diagnosis of another type of cancer, other than breast cancer
- •Bilateral breast cancer
- •Patient unable to fill out the QoL questionnaire
- •Patient with disease recurrence
- •Patient with metastatic breast cancer
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in Global Health Status by EORTC QLQ-C30 (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Core Quality of Life Questionnaire)
Time Frame: 1 year after treatment ends; 2 years after treatment ends;
This questionnaire was designed to be cancer specific, and includes all emotional, social and physical aspects of the individual's life. The scores in each dimension are uniformly transformed to dimensions ranging from 0 to 100, with 0 denoting the negative (low functioning, high symptom burden) and 100 the positive end (high functioning, low symptom burden) of the continuum.
Secondary Outcomes
- Quality of life specific for breast cancer by EORTC QLQ-BR23 (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Breast-Cancer-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire)(1 year after treatment ends; 2 years after treatment ends;)
- Quality of life by FACT-B+4 (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast)(1 year after treatment ends; 2 years after treatment ends;)