The impact of age on changes in quality of life among breast cancer survivors treated with breast-conserving surgery and radiotherapy

Background: The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of young age on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) by comparing HRQoL of younger and older breast cancer patients, corrected for confounding, and of young patients and a general Dutch population. Methods: The population consisted o...

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Published in:	British journal of cancer Vol. 112; no. 4; pp. 636 - 643
Main Authors:	Bantema-Joppe, E J, de Bock, G H, Woltman-van Iersel, M, Busz, D M, Ranchor, A V, Langendijk, J A, Maduro, J H, van den Heuvel, E R
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 17.02.2015 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	692/699/67/1059/485 692/699/67/1347 692/700/565/545/546 692/700/784 Adult Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Biomedicine Breast Neoplasms - mortality Breast Neoplasms - radiotherapy Breast Neoplasms - surgery Cancer Research Clinical Study Cohort Studies Drug Resistance Epidemiology Female Health Status Humans Mastectomy, Segmental Middle Aged Molecular Medicine Oncology Quality of Life Surveys and Questionnaires Survivors - psychology Netherlands radiotherapy breast cancer health-related quality of life breast-conserving therapy young
ISSN:	0007-0920, 1532-1827, 1532-1827
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