Early detection of second breast cancers improves prognosis in breast cancer survivors

AbstractDiet may play an important role in breast cancer recurrence or survival, and therefore assessment of long-term diet among breast cancer survivors is important in breast cancer survivorship research. Given that the diet of breast cancer survivors may differ from that of the general population, the use of a FFQ specific to this group may be needed. The objective of this study was to develop a FFQ for breast cancer survivors, the most commonly used tool to measure long-term dietary patterns in nutritional epidemiological studies. We collected information on the foods and amounts of foods consumed using 3-d dietary records from a total of 192 women who had been diagnosed with stage I–III breast cancers and had undergone breast cancer surgery at least 6 months before the baseline study. A total of 1254 foods and dishes consumed were re-grouped by the similarity of the main ingredients and/or serving units, and several dishes commonly consumed among the Korean population were added. After we performed contribution analyses and variability analyses to detect between-person variation for selected nutrients, we listed a total of 123 foods and dishes for the FFQ specific to breast cancer survivors. Our breast cancer survivor-specific FFQ can be used to estimate long-term dietary intake and to examine its association with breast cancer prognosis in epidemiological studies of breast cancer in Korea.

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Early Detection of Breast Cancer: Management with Radiotherapy associated with Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Heart Failure among the Breast Cancer Survivors Woman

Journal of Women s Health Care ◽

10.4172/2167-0420.1000323 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Manna E ◽

Maiti S

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Heart Failure ◽

Cardiovascular Disease ◽

Early Detection ◽

Cancer Survivors ◽

Breast Cancer Survivors ◽

Cancer Management ◽

Breast Cancer Management

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Is Breast MRI Better at Finding Second Breast Cancers than Mammograms Alone for Breast Cancer Survivors?

10.25302/5.2019.ce.13046656 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Karen Wernli ◽

Susan Brandzel ◽

Diana Buist ◽

Mary Bush ◽

Wendy DeMartini ◽

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Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Cancer Survivors ◽

Breast Cancer Survivors ◽

Breast Mri ◽

Breast Cancers

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Fatigue Intensity in Cervical and Breast Cancer Survivors: Difference in Each Stage of Cancer Survivorship

Indonesian Journal of Cancer ◽

10.33371/ijoc.v13i1.619 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 5

Author(s):

Ni Putu Wulan Purnama Sari

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Cancer Survivors ◽

Cancer Survivorship ◽

Breast Cancer Survivors ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Community Context ◽

Breast Cancers ◽

Short Term ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Significant Difference

Background: Cervical and breast cancers are the two top leading cases of female cancer in Indonesia. Nowadays, many survivors with various degree of cancer-related fatigue (CRF) were found in the community context. This study aimed to compare and analyse the differences of CRF intensity in cervical cancer survivors (CCS) and breast cancer survivors (BCS) generally, and in each stage of cancer survivorship, specifically.Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 47 CCS and 55 BCS in the district of Rangkah, Gading, and Pacar Keling, Surabaya, Indonesia (n=102). Instrument of Fatigue Symptom Inventory (FSI) was used for data collection. Descriptive statistic, independent sample t-test, and one way ANOVA test were used for data analysis (α<.05).Results: Most respondents were short term survivors (43.14%) with mild CRF (66.67%) in both cases. Higher intensity of CRF was found in CCS compared to BCS. Worst CRF was found more in acute and short term survivorship in BCS compared to more in long term survivorship in CCS. There was no significant difference of CRF found between CCS and BCS (p=.63), and CRF was not significantly different between each stage of cancer survivorship in both cases (p=.883 and p=.117 for CCS and BCS respectively), but CRF intensity in the worst and lightest time possible was significantly different between CCS and BCS (p=.000).Conclusions: There was no significant difference of CRF between cases and stages of survivorship in CCS and BCS, but CRF intensity in the worst and lightest time possible was significantly different between those groups.

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Shared concern with current breast cancer rehabilitation services: a focus group study of survivors’ and professionals’ experiences and preferences for rehabilitation care delivery

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037280 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (7) ◽

pp. e037280

Author(s):

Bolette Skjødt Rafn ◽

Julie Midtgaard ◽

Pat G Camp ◽

Kristin L Campbell

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Early Detection ◽

Focus Groups ◽

Cancer Survivors ◽

Breast Cancer Survivors ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Clinical Care ◽

Upper Body ◽

Rehabilitation Services ◽

Rehabilitation Professionals

ObjectivesBreast cancer survivors experience a wide spectrum of physical sequelae from cancer treatment. National and international guidelines recommend that rehabilitation is offered from the point of diagnosis. However, there is a lack of data on the translation of these recommendations into clinical care. The objective of this study was to explore the experiences of breast cancer survivors, rehabilitation professionals and breast surgeons on current rehabilitation services including preferences for care delivery, specific ways to promote early detection and timely management of upper body issues and attitudes towards self-managed surveillance and rehabilitation.DesignQualitative focus groups. Breast cancer survivors completed a questionnaire about rehabilitation services received and experience of upper body issues. These quantitative data were collected to provide context for the qualitative data and increase transferability. Transcripts were analysed using content analysis.SettingFive geographically distinct health authorities in British Columbia, Canada.ParticipantsEleven focus groups were conducted with 35 breast cancer survivors, 29 rehabilitation professionals and 5 breast surgeons.ResultsThree categories captured participants’ concern and wish for improved care: (1) cut the cancer out and goodbye; (2) you have to look out for yourself and (3) in a perfect world. All breast cancer survivors reported chronic upper body issues (mean 4.5 unique issues). Breast cancer survivors expressed worry and uncertainty in their solo management of the rehabilitation. The current services were reported to not enable early detection and timely management. Suggestions included reorganising the timing of patient education and improving the quality of and access to rehabilitation services by elevating the knowledge among healthcare professionals and providing multimodal self-management resources.ConclusionsThe results revealed a gap between oncology guidelines and the current clinical reality. The rehabilitation services were reported in need of revamping to increase equity of care. Multiple upper body issues were reported by many breast cancer survivors.

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