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2017, Number 4

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Rev Invest Clin 2017; 69 (4)

Preface

Villarreal-Garza C, Castro-Sánchez A

Language: English
References: 7
Page: 179-180
PDF size: 33.75 Kb.


Text Extraction

Young women with breast cancer (BC) are a special population with distinctive genetic, clinical, and psychosocial features and requirements based on at least three considerations: (1) Cancer presentation at young age is often diagnosed at advanced stages, hence its prognosis is worse compared to their older counterparts; (2) young BC patients often receive aggressive and prolonged systemic treatments that can be associated with significant longterm morbidity; and (3) young women with BC experience substantial psychosocial vulnerability resulting from high levels of distress and depression associated with oncological interventions. These factors pose complex issues for young patients with BC, particularly in regard to their family dynamics, social and professional lives, and self-development, thereby substantially undermining their quality of life.


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