Quality of life, fertility concerns, and behavioral health outcomes in younger breast cancer survivors: a systematic review.

Abstract

Younger women with breast cancer were found to experience distinct psychosocial and menopause-related concerns, weight gain, and physical inactivity. A need for more longitudinal research, including efforts at intervention to manage these symptoms and adverse health outcomes, remains.

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Subjects

• Adult
• Age Distribution
• Age Factors
• Anxiety
• Breast Neoplasms
• Depression
• Exercise
• Female
• Fertility
• Health Behavior
• Humans
• Menopause, Premature
• Motor Activity
• Quality of Life
• Risk Factors
• Stress, Psychological
• Survivors
• United States
• Weight Gain

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Authors

• Jessica Howard-Anderson
• Patricia A Ganz
• Julienne E Bower
• Annette L Stanton

Publication date

2012-03-07

Journal

Journal topics

• Neoplasms

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6900, USA.

Release reference

J Natl Cancer Inst. 2012 Mar;104(5):386-405

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