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AUTHOR
Marie-christine Bone-lepinoy
Impact of age-related socio-economic and clinical determinants of quality of life among long-term breast cancer survivors.
a b s t r a c t Objectives: The main purpose of this study was to identify age-related socioeconomic and clinical deter- minants of quality of life among breast cancer survivors five years after the diagnosis. The secondary objective was to describe quality of life in the studied population according to age. Study design: A cross-sectional survey in five-year breast cancer survivors was conducted in women diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and 2008 in Cote d'Or. Main outcome measures: Quality of life was assessed with the SF-12, the EORTC-QLQ-C30 and the EORTC- QLQ-BR23 questionnaires. Socio-economic deprivation was assessed by the EPICES questionnaire. Social support was assessed by the …
About invasive cervical cancer: a French population based study between 1998 and 2010
Abstract Objectives The new French cancer plan provides the implementation of organized screening. To make an assessment of the situation, we aim to describe clinical, tumor and survival characteristics of patients with invasive cervical cancer. Study design Data on women suffering from invasive cervical cancer and diagnosed from 1998 to 2010 were provided by the Cote d’Or breast cancer registry. Survival was described using the Kaplan–Meier method and prognostic factors of survival were estimated in a Cox proportional hazard model. Results On the whole, 1019 cancers have been collected including 311 (30.5%) invasive ones. The peak incidence was between 40 and 49 years, with an average age …