Srivastava Sanjiv, Srivastava Alpana, Tiwari Sandeep, Mishra Anand K
1Department of Surgery (General), KGMU, Lucknow, India.
2Department of ABS, Amity University, Lucknow, India.
Indian J Surg Oncol. 2019 Sep;10(3):476-482. doi: 10.1007/s13193-019-00923-8. Epub 2019 Apr 16.
Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in Indian females whether they are from urban or rural area. Quality of life after treatment in BC patients is a very vital issue as its assessment will guide the clinicians, hospital authorities, and administrators to take appropriate steps to improve the delivery of treatment and address the concern. Improvement in QOL should be one of the ultimate aims of treatment in BC. The aim of this review is to collect and examine literature available on QOL in breast cancer patients and define what type of issues or domains should be studied. Four factors including chemotherapy treatment received by the patient, associated comorbidities, social support to patients from family, friends, support groups, and income of family have been found to have a strong association with QOL in BC patients/survivors. QOL assessment should include an instrument which assesses physical health, social health, psychological health, and spiritual health. There are less studies having all above domains so more studies are required for better understanding of QOL issue in BC patients/survivors.
乳腺癌（BC）是印度女性中最常见的癌症，无论她们来自城市还是农村地区。乳腺癌患者治疗后的生活质量是一个非常重要的问题，因为对其进行评估将指导临床医生、医院管理部门和行政人员采取适当措施，以改善治疗效果并解决相关问题。生活质量的改善应该是乳腺癌治疗的最终目标之一。本综述的目的是收集和研究关于乳腺癌患者生活质量的现有文献，并确定应研究哪些类型的问题或领域。已发现四个因素与乳腺癌患者/幸存者的生活质量密切相关，包括患者接受的化疗治疗、相关合并症、来自家人、朋友、支持团体的社会支持以及家庭收入。生活质量评估应包括一种能够评估身体健康、社会健康、心理健康和精神健康的工具。目前涉及上述所有领域的研究较少，因此需要更多研究以更好地了解乳腺癌患者/幸存者的生活质量问题。
