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Financial Toxicity Among Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Margaret Rosenzweig
Marlene West
Jennifer Matthews
Melina Stokan
Yoojin Kook
Sarah Gallups
Brenda Diergaarde
ONF 2019, 46(1), 83-91 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.83-91
Objectives: To determine the incidence of financial toxicity among women with metastatic breast cancer, as well as the relationships among financial toxicity, quality of life, and overall cancer-related distress in members of this patient population. Sample & Setting: 145 women with metastatic...
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Comparison of Health-Related Quality of Life Between Adjuvant Breast Cancer Treatment Groups

Eunjung Kim
M. Robyn Andersen
Leanna J. Standish
ONF 2019, 46(1), 59-70 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.59-70
Objectives: To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of women who did (receivers, n = 372) and did not (intentional nonreceivers, n = 46) receive all recommended adjuvant treatments for breast cancer. Sample & Setting: Women were recruited through integrative oncology clinics and...
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Response to "Male Patients With Breast Cancer: Addressing Needs Using an Educational Task Force"

Suzanne M. Mahon
Joaimee Nagtalon Cutrone
Roberta H. Baron
CJON 2018, 22(6), 610 DOI: 10.1188/18.CJON.610
Male breast cancer is associated with hereditary risk for developing breast and other cancers. An estimated 4% of men with breast cancer have BRCA1 mutations, and 4%-16% have BRCA2 mutations. Men with a diagnosis of breast cancer have unique needs that need to be addressed in a caring and...
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Partial Breast Irradiation: A Longitudinal Study of Symptoms and Quality of Life

Mary Lou Siefert
Kristopher Fennie
M. Tish Knobf
CJON 2018, 22(6), 635-642 DOI: 10.1188/18.CJON.635-642
Background: In many women with early-stage breast cancer, breast-conserving surgery (BCS) with partial breast irradiation (PBI) has similar overall survival and local recurrence rates compared to BCS with whole-breast irradiation (WBI). A better understanding of the quality of life (QOL) outcomes...
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Feasibility of Synchronous Online Focus Groups of Rural Breast Cancer Survivors on Web-Based Distress Self-Management

Robin M. Lally
Christine Eisenhauer
Sydney Buckland
Kevin Kupzyk
ONF 2018, 45(6), E111-E124 DOI: 10.1188/18.ONF.E111-E124
Purpose: To obtain rural breast cancer survivors’ perceptions of CaringGuidance™ After Breast Cancer Diagnosis, a web-based, psychoeducational, distress self-management program, and explore the feasibility of gathering survivors’ perceptions about CaringGuidance using online focus groups (OFGs)...
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