Possible socioeconomic and ethnic disparities in quality of life in a cohort of breast cancer survivors

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-95

  Bowen, Deborah J ^a   Alfano, Catherine M ^a   McGregor, Bonnie A ^a   Kuniyuki, Alan ^a   Bernstein, Leslie ^b   Meeske, Kathy ^b   Baumgartner, Kathy B ^c,g   Fetherolf, Josala ^c,g   Reeve, Bryce B ^d   Smith, Ashley Wilder ^d   Ganz, Patricia A ^e,f   McTiernan, Anne ^a   Barbash, Rachel Ballard ^d  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer survivorship; Fear of recurrence; Race disparities; SES disparities

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250210749     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-006-9479-2     Document Type: Article

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