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Fear of cancer recurrence trajectory during radiation treatment and follow-up into survivorship of patients with breast cancer

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Date
20/10/2018
Author
Yang, Yuan
Cameron, Josie
Bedi, Carolyn
Humphris, G.
Keywords
Communication
Fear of recurrence
Longitudinal
Radiation treatment
Trajectory
RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
NDAS
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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Abstract
Background:  Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) has been shown to be higher in patients treated with external beam radiotherapy (RT) compared to those untreated. However, little is known about the dynamics of patient’s FCR during and after RT. The aim of this study was to examine FCR levels in a longitudinal panel design with breast cancer patients receiving RT. Methods:  Consecutive newly-diagnosed breast cancer patients (n = 94) attending a single cancer centre were invited to complete a 7-item FCR scale (FCR7) that was collected weekly by paper instrument and at a follow-up phone call 6–8 weeks after completion of RT. Descriptive statistics, and Latent Growth Curve Modelling (LGCM) were utilised to analyse the data. Results:  Women who were younger, single/separated, had chemotherapy, had extra boost radiation treatment, taking Herceptin and treated by 4-field technique reported higher recurrence fear at baseline. There was strong evidence of substantial variation in the trajectory of FCR (z = − 3.54, p < .0001). The average trajectory of FCR over RT was negative (unstandardized estimate = − 0.59) and associated with FCR follow-up level (standardised estimate = 0.36, z = 3.05, p < .002), independent of baseline recurrence fears. Conclusion:  Patients vary in their trajectory of recurrence fears over RT which predicts FCR approximately 2 months following treatment. Review appointments by therapy radiographers presents an opportunity to intervene in FCR trajectories. Trial registration:  ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02599506. Prospectively registered on 11th March 2015
Citation
Yang , Y , Cameron , J , Bedi , C & Humphris , G 2018 , ' Fear of cancer recurrence trajectory during radiation treatment and follow-up into survivorship of patients with breast cancer ' , BMC Cancer , vol. 18 , 1002 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-018-4908-2
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BMC Cancer
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-018-4908-2
ISSN
1471-2407
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2018. Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Funding: Generous support received from Breast Cancer Now (Grant No. 6873).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/16292

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