Effects of pessimism, depression, fatigue, and pain on functional health-related quality of life in patients with resected non-advanced breast cancer.

CONCLUSION: This study reveals the impact of depression and pessimism on physical, psychological, social, and quality-of-life aspects and the importance of evaluating them in patients who are going to initiate adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. PMID: 30735899 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30735899?dopt=Abstract

Source: Breast - February 2, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Calderon C, Carmona-Bayonas A, Hernández R, Ghanem I, Castelo B, Martinez de Castro E, Ferreira E, Ciria L, Muñiz M, Jimenez-Fonseca P Tags: Breast Source Type: research