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Breast cancer survivorship symptom management: current perspective and future development

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Increasing numbers and longevity of cancer survivors has furthered our insight into the factors affecting their health outcomes, suggesting that multiple factors play a role (e.g., effects of cancer treatments and health behaviors). Emotional and physical symptoms may not always receive sufficient attention. In this short narrative review highlighting recent literature, we describe the most common physical and emotional symptoms of breast cancer survivors aged 50 years and older and outline a multidisciplinary symptom management approach, regardless of symptom etiology.

Source: Breast Cancer Management

DOI: 10.2217/bmt.12.63

Authors: G van Londen, EB Beckjord, MA Dew, P Cuijpers, S Tadic, A Brufsky

Institutions: University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Language: English

Topic: Cancer survivorship and care

Subfield: Oncology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences