Food frequency questionnaire is a valid assessment tool of quercetin and kaempferol intake in Iranian breast cancer patients according to plasma biomarkers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Sadeghi ◽  
Vahid Montazeri ◽  
Raul Zamora-Ros ◽  
Pourya Biparva ◽  
Siamak Sabour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Food Frequency Questionnaire ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Food Frequency ◽  
Plasma Biomarkers ◽  
Valid Assessment

scholarly journals Spiritual Distress In Breast Cancer Patients

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Puji Lestari ◽  
Aan Nuraeni ◽  
Dyah Setyorini
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Spiritual Distress ◽  
Values And Beliefs

Breast Cancer would affect all aspects of patients’ life including spiritually. This aspect is one of the patients’ main coping sources in dealing with impacts of the disease. However, the spiritual aspect is rarely noticed by nurses, and may lead to patients’ spiritual distress. This study aimed to determine spiritual distress in breast cancer patients who had treatments in a referral hospital in West Java. This study was a descriptive quantitative with cross-sectional approach. The population was in-patient breast cancer patients. Respondents were chosen using the accidental sampling technique. During a month period, 37 patients involved in this study. The data was collected using an instrument which was developed from Spiritual Distress Assessment Tool (SDAT) and analyzed using descriptive quantitative analysis.  Almost two-thirds (62.2%) of respondents had low spiritual distress, 32.2% of respondents had moderate spiritual distress and a very small number of respondents (5.4%) had severe spiritual distress. In the term of spiritual distress dimension, “life balance” had the highest mean score (1.86) and the lowest was in “values and beliefs with sub-dimension of need maintain control” (0.89). The conclusion was the majority of patients had low spiritual distress, yet spiritual distress for moderate to severe still could be found in smaller proportion. Life balance was dimension with the highest level of spiritual distress.  The patients’ spiritual need would be achieved when patients have a good acceptance and adaptation. Nurses have a role to encourage patients’ acceptance of their illnesses through improvement of the fulfillment of the patient's spiritual needs.

scholarly journals Experience and Perceptions of a Family Health History Risk Assessment Tool among Multi-Ethnic Asian Breast Cancer Patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1046
Author(s):  
Sungwon Yoon ◽  
Hendra Goh ◽  
Si Ming Fung ◽  
Shihui Tang ◽  
David Matchar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Family Health History ◽  
Risk Assessment Tool ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Health History

A family health history-based risk assessment is particularly valuable for guiding cancer screening and treatment strategies, yet an optimal implementation depends upon end-users’ values and needs. This is not only true prior to disease development, but also for those already affected. The aim of this study is to explore perceptions of the value of knowing one’s family health history (FHH)-based risk, experience using a patient-facing FHH tool and the potential of the tool for wider implementation. Twenty multi-ethnic Asian patients undergoing breast cancer treatment in Singapore completed an FHH-based risk assessment. Semi-structured one-on-one interviews were conducted and data were thematically analyzed. All participants were female and slightly more than half were Chinese. The acceptance and usage of an FHH risk assessment tool for cancers and its broader implementation was affected by a perceived importance of personal control over early detection, patient concerns of anxiety for themselves and their families due to risk results, concerns for genetic discrimination, adequacy of follow-up care plans and Asian cultural beliefs toward disease and dying. This study uniquely sheds light on the factors affecting Asian breast cancer patients’ perceptions about undergoing an FHH-based risk assessment, which should inform steps for a broader implementation in Asian healthcare systems.

Abstract P1-01-03: Association of cardiac energetics and plasma biomarkers with anthracycline-based chemotherapy in breast cancer patients

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Oikonomidou ◽  
Gillian Macnaught Macnaught ◽  
Christopher T Rodgers ◽  
William Clarke ◽  
Annette Cooper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Cardiac Energetics ◽  
Plasma Biomarkers

Potential plasma biomarkers predicting radiation dermatitis in breast cancer patients.

2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 9144-9144
Author(s):  
J. L. Ryan ◽  
C. E. Heckler ◽  
A. P. Pentland ◽  
G. R. Morrow
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Radiation Dermatitis ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Plasma Biomarkers

scholarly journals Validation and Clinical Application of the Chinese Version of the M. D. Anderson Symptom Inventory(MDASI-C) in Breast Cancer Patients

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renwang Chen ◽  
Qiong Wang ◽  
Ting Hu ◽  
Jue Wang ◽  
Yu-xiu Xie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Treatment Phase ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Symptom Inventory

Abstract Purpose To validate and use the Chinese Version of the M. D. Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI-C) to assess the symptom burden of breast cancer patients of China. And to reveal the features of the symptoms and provide a basis for improving their quality of life.Methods A total of 342 breast cancer patients participated in the study. All patients had pathological diagnosis. They were investigated and evaluated from November 2020 to February 2021 with MDASI-C. The reliability and validity were evaluated respectively. Cluster analysis and correlation analysis were carried out.Results The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the symptom and interference items was 0.827 and 0.880, respectively, which meant good reliability. Construct validity revealed a four-factor structure. The Kaiser- Meyer-Olkin (KMO) value was 0.760, which meant good construct validity. The patient's KPS, treatment phase and cancer stage were grouped, and the differences of scores within the groups were significant. The patient's employment status, education level and age had a significant correlation with symptoms. The top three symptoms were disturbed sleep (3.10 ± 2.52), diffificulty remembering (2.54 ± 2.30) and fatigue (2.24 ± 2.13). The higher the patient's education, the lower their symptoms. Patients' Body Mass Index (BMI), hemoglobin (Hb), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), neutral granulocyte lymphocyte ratio (N/L), and serum albumin globulin ratio (A/G) also had an effect on some of the symptoms of patients. Conclusions MDASI-C is a reliable and effective assessment tool when evaluating patients with breast cancer of China. The symptoms were related to many clinical, biochemical indicators.

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