Background: Alopecia is a common side effect of chemotherapies used in the treatment of
breast cancer. The aim of this review is to describe the effects of alopecia on quality of life (…

Context: Inadequate pain control is a dismaying reality in cancer patients. Objectives: To
review studies on cancer pain control interventions, and describe their findings with respect to …

Background Hot flushes are the most common menopausal vasomotor symptom. Hormone
therapy (HT) has frequently been recommended for relief of hot flushes, but concerns about …

Background Tamoxifen and raloxifene have limited patient acceptance for primary prevention
of breast cancer. Aromatase inhibitors prevent more contralateral breast cancers and …

Using emerging international guidelines, stringent procedures were used to develop and
evaluate Canadian-French, German and UK translations/ adaptions of the 50 item, parent-…

The frequency of problems in the arm affected by surgery for breast cancer and the association
of these problems with psychological distress were assessed among 223 women with …

BACKGROUND The objectives of this study were to compare educational and social outcomes
for young survivors of childhood cancer with a population control group of individuals …

… Maunsell E, Lauzier S, Brunet J, et al: Measurement of five dimensions of patient
empowerment in oncology: Validation of Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ). Asia …

PURPOSE Quality of life of breast cancer survivors 8 years after diagnosis was compared
with that among similarly aged women who had never confronted cancer (controls). …

Background. Two recently reported randomized trials, one among patients with advanced
breast cancer and the other among patients with early stage melanoma, suggested that social …