Use of the metastatic breast cancer progression (MBC-P) questionnaire to assess the value of progression-free survival for women with metastatic breast cancer. [PDF]
, 2013 While overall survival (OS) has historically been the primary endpoint for clinical trials in oncology, progression-free survival (PFS) has gained acceptance as a valuable surrogate endpoint.
Crosby, Ross D +3 more
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Strategies and resources for coping with fear of disease progression in women with reproductive system cancer [PDF]
Psychology in Russia: State of Art, 2016 Fear of disease progression is one of the most common sources of psychological distress in patients suffering from chronic diseases. Fear of disease progression is a situationspecific and fully discernible (reportable) emotion based on personal ...
Moskovchenko, Denis V. +3 more
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Which strength and balance activities are safe and efficacious for individuals with specific challenges (osteoporosis, vertebral fractures, frailty, dementia)?: A Narrative review [PDF]
, 2018 Physical activity guidelines advocate the inclusion of strength and balance activities, twice a week, for adults and older adults, but with caveat that in some individuals there will be certain movements and activities that could lead to adverse events ...
Mavroeidi, Alexandra, Skelton, Dawn A.
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The clinical link between type D personality and diabetes [PDF]
, 2016 Introduction: Type D personality consists of a mixture of high levels of negative affectivity and social inhibition, resulting in a stable tendency to experience negative emotions, by inhibiting the expression of these emotions.
Carrozzino, Danilo +4 more
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An immunotherapy survivor population: health-related quality of life and toxicity in patients with metastatic melanoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors [PDF]
, 2019 © The Author(s) 2019. 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 ...
Au, L +17 more
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Public perceptions of changing the terminology for low-risk thyroid cancer: A qualitative focus group study [PDF]
, 2019 Objectives To investigate public perceptions of overdiagnosis and overtreatment in low-risk thyroid cancer and explore opinions regarding the proposed strategy to change the terminology of low-risk cancers.
Barratt, Alexandra +7 more
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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2021 Background Women with breast cancer are prone to have mental stress and be stimulated by the fear of progression (FOP), then giving rise to a lower quality of life (QOL).
Yue Ban, Mengyao Li, Mingli Yu, Hui Wu
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Mapping the information-coping trajectory of young people coping with long term illness: An evidence based approach [PDF]
, 2013 Purpose - Purpose: We explore the relationship between information and coping information from the experiences of young people coping with long term illness.
Sen, B.A., Spring, H.
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Anxiety, Posttraumatic Stress, and Fear of Cancer Progression in Patients with Melanoma in Cancer Aftercare [PDF]
Oncology Research and Treatment, 2013 <b><i>Background:</i></b> Several studies have described mental distress and anxiety in patients with melanoma. The findings of these studies varied from patients with a quality of life similar to the general population and those with increased mental distress. In the present study, we investigated anxiety, posttraumatic stress,
Erim, Yesim +6 more
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SWIM: A computational tool to unveiling crucial nodes in complex biological networks [PDF]
, 2017 SWItchMiner (SWIM) is a wizard-like software implementation of a procedure, previously described, able to extract information contained in complex networks.
Colombo, Teresa +5 more
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