RT Journal Article
T1 Relationship between chemotherapy-induced adverse reactions and health-related quality of life in patients with breast cancer
A1 Prieto-Callejero, Blanca
A1 Rivera, Francisco
A1 Fagundo, Javier
A1 Romero-Ruiz, Adolfo
A1 Romero-Martin, Macarena
A1 Gómez-Salgado, Juan
A1 Ruiz-Frutos, Carlos
K1 Cáncer - Quimioterapia
AB Background and objectives: Chemotherapy does not only affect cancer cells; it also affects, to a greater or lesser degree, allother cells in the body. This toxicity should be assessed according to its severity, frequency, and duration, taking into accountobjective and subjective dimensions in its assessment. This assessment is a highly relevant aspect when providing care tochemotherapy patients, mainly due to the impact of the treatment on the patient’s quality of life, as well as the vital risk it may implyunder certain circumstances. For all this, the objective of this study was to assess the relationship between chemotherapyassociatedadverse reactions and health-related quality of life in breast cancer patients.Materials and methods: With this purpose, a descriptive cross-sectional study was developed on 110 breast cancer patientswho were treated with docetaxel, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide.Results: It is worth highlighting the negative effect of nausea, dysgeusia, peripheral neuropathy, loss of appetite, myalgia, andperipheral edema on the quality of life. Likewise, it is worth mentioning peripheral neuropathy as the toxicity that affects a greaternumber of quality-of-life indicators.Conclusions: To sum up, it would be necessary to make health professionals aware of the importance of chemotherapyassociatedadverse reactions.
PB LWW
YR 2020
FD 2020-07-19
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29625
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29625
LA eng
NO Prieto-Callejero B, Rivera F, Fagundo-Rivera J, Romero A, Romero-Martín M, Gómez-Salgado J, Ruiz-Frutos C. Relationship between chemotherapy-induced adverse reactions and health-related quality of life in patients with breast cancer. Medicine 2020;99:33(e21695)
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026