Finck G, Barton D L, Loprinzi C L, Quella S K, Sloan J A
Iowa Oncology Research Association CCOP, Des Moines, USA.
J Pain Symptom Manage. 1998 Nov;16(5):327-33. doi: 10.1016/s0885-3924(98)00090-6.
Menopause is an expected event in a woman's life. Treatment for breast cancer can impact the onset of menopause and precipitate symptoms such as hot flashes. Yet this sequelae of events is not well measured, defined or assimilated into quality of life assessments for cancer survivors. Though not life threatening, hot flashes can greatly impact a woman's quality of life or functional ability. It is important for health care professionals to more fully understand the nature of the experience of hot flashes so as not to underestimate their disruptive potential. As part of a larger clinical trial to look at the effectiveness of vitamin E for hot flashes, breast cancer survivors kept a log of both the frequency and intensity of their hot flashes. These women then wrote descriptions to define the severity of those hot flashes. The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the experience of hot flashes in breast cancer survivors and to describe the severity of hot flashes with narratives given by the women experiencing them.
绝经是女性生命中的一个正常阶段。乳腺癌治疗可能会影响绝经的开始并引发潮热等症状。然而，这些一系列事件并未得到很好的衡量、定义，也未被纳入癌症幸存者的生活质量评估中。潮热虽然不会危及生命，但会极大地影响女性的生活质量或功能能力。医疗保健专业人员更全面地了解潮热体验的本质非常重要，以免低估其干扰潜力。作为一项关于维生素E治疗潮热有效性的大型临床试验的一部分，乳腺癌幸存者记录了潮热的频率和强度。然后这些女性写下描述来界定潮热的严重程度。本文旨在深入了解乳腺癌幸存者的潮热体验，并通过经历潮热的女性所提供的叙述来描述潮热的严重程度。
