TY - JOUR
T1 - Patienters oplevelse af medicinsk brystkræftbehandling
AU - Grønvold, Mogens
AU - Jensen, Anders Bonde
PY - 2007/9/10
Y1 - 2007/9/10
N2 - Medical treatments including chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, and antibody therapy effectively reduce the risk of recurrence after breast cancer and are also used against metastatic disease. This article reviews patients' experience of these treatments. Common side effects of chemotherapy include hair loss, nausea, hot flushes, mucositis, fatigue, and cognitive side effects. Overall quality of life, social relations, and sexuality may also be affected. Endocrine therapies are characterised by hot flushes, vaginal dryness, arthralgias, and reduced libido.
AB - Medical treatments including chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, and antibody therapy effectively reduce the risk of recurrence after breast cancer and are also used against metastatic disease. This article reviews patients' experience of these treatments. Common side effects of chemotherapy include hair loss, nausea, hot flushes, mucositis, fatigue, and cognitive side effects. Overall quality of life, social relations, and sexuality may also be affected. Endocrine therapies are characterised by hot flushes, vaginal dryness, arthralgias, and reduced libido.
KW - Antibodies, Monoclonal/adverse effects
KW - Antineoplastic Agents/adverse effects
KW - Attitude to Health
KW - Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy
KW - Chemotherapy, Adjuvant/adverse effects
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/drug therapy
KW - Quality of Life
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
M3 - Review
C2 - 17877963
SN - 0041-5782
VL - 169
SP - 3114
EP - 3117
JO - Ugeskrift for Laeger
JF - Ugeskrift for Laeger
IS - 37
ER -