Cardiopulmonary-related patient-reported outcomes in a randomized clinical trial of radiation therapy for breast cancer

Cardiopulmonary-related patient-reported outcomes in a randomized clinical trial of radiation therapy for breast cancer

Abstract Background Long-term prospective patient-reported outcomes (PRO) after breast cancer adjuvant radiotherapy is scarce. TomoBreast compared conventional radiotherapy (CR) with tomotherapy (TT), on the hypothesis that TT might reduce lung-heart toxicity. Methods Among 123 women consenting to p...

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Main Authors: Hilde Van Parijs, Vincent Vinh-Hung, Christel Fontaine, Guy Storme, Claire Verschraegen, Dung M. Nguyen, Nele Adriaenssens, Nam P. Nguyen, Olena Gorobets, Mark De Ridder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-11-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Quality of life
Patient reported outcome measures
Dyspnea
Fatigue
Pain
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08916-z

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