Parenting is a primary role for many young breast cancer survivors and the combined effect of parenting while coping with this disease can be problematic for many of them. Despite this, little is known about the impact of parenting on the well-being of young breast cancer survivors. This thesis, comprising two studies in article format, explores this question. In the first study, we identified elements of well-being that are salient for all young women with breast cancer, and which also captured some of the unique challenges associated with parenting as a survivor. Using factor analysis techniques, we determined how these elements interrelated in separate groups of young survivors with children and without, and identified differences between the two groups based on the patterns observed. We found that the interrelationship among elements of well-being varied between these two groups: psychological distress (representing mental health and perceived stress), illness intrusiveness, and fear of cancer recurrence were found to co-occur more frequently in mothers than in young survivors without children, thus compromising their well-being. Our second study had two objectives. The first part examined differences in perceived stress, illness intrusiveness, and fear of cancer recurrence between young breast cancer survivors with and without children in two separate timeframes (0-5 and 5-15 years since diagnosis). The second part identified predictors for these elements of well-being in young mothers exclusively. Compared to survivors without children, young mothers reported higher levels of fear of cancer recurrence and illness intrusiveness in intimate life domains during both timeframes, suggesting that disruptions in these areas persist over time. Part two revealed that mothers with adolescent children and high levels of parenting stress were most likely to report perceived stress and illness intrusiveness. A mother’s age and the time since her diagnosis predicted fear of cancer recurrence and illness intrusiveness, respectively.
{"title":"Motherhood and Well-Being in Young Breast Cancer Survivors","authors":"Isabelle Arès","doi":"10.20381/RUOR-3390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20381/RUOR-3390","url":null,"abstract":"Parenting is a primary role for many young breast cancer survivors and the combined effect of parenting while coping with this disease can be problematic for many of them. Despite this, little is known about the impact of parenting on the well-being of young breast cancer survivors. This thesis, comprising two studies in article format, explores this question. In the first study, we identified elements of well-being that are salient for all young women with breast cancer, and which also captured some of the unique challenges associated with parenting as a survivor. Using factor analysis techniques, we determined how these elements interrelated in separate groups of young survivors with children and without, and identified differences between the two groups based on the patterns observed. We found that the interrelationship among elements of well-being varied between these two groups: psychological distress (representing mental health and perceived stress), illness intrusiveness, and fear of cancer recurrence were found to co-occur more frequently in mothers than in young survivors without children, thus compromising their well-being. Our second study had two objectives. The first part examined differences in perceived stress, illness intrusiveness, and fear of cancer recurrence between young breast cancer survivors with and without children in two separate timeframes (0-5 and 5-15 years since diagnosis). The second part identified predictors for these elements of well-being in young mothers exclusively. Compared to survivors without children, young mothers reported higher levels of fear of cancer recurrence and illness intrusiveness in intimate life domains during both timeframes, suggesting that disruptions in these areas persist over time. Part two revealed that mothers with adolescent children and high levels of parenting stress were most likely to report perceived stress and illness intrusiveness. A mother’s age and the time since her diagnosis predicted fear of cancer recurrence and illness intrusiveness, respectively.","PeriodicalId":43086,"journal":{"name":"Breast Cancer Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2018-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47216020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Towards predictive biomarkers for immunotherapy response in breast cancer patients","authors":"L. Voorwerk, M. Kat, M. Kok","doi":"10.2217/BMT-2017-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2217/BMT-2017-0014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43086,"journal":{"name":"Breast Cancer Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2018-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2217/BMT-2017-0014","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45339489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Castañeda, Miluska Castillo, C. Villarreal-Garza, Connie Rabanal, J. Dunstan, G. Calderon, M. D. L. Cruz, Henry Guerra, Jose M Cotrina, J. Abugattas, H. Gómez
{"title":"Genetics, tumor features and treatment response of breast cancer in Latinas","authors":"C. Castañeda, Miluska Castillo, C. Villarreal-Garza, Connie Rabanal, J. Dunstan, G. Calderon, M. D. L. Cruz, Henry Guerra, Jose M Cotrina, J. Abugattas, H. Gómez","doi":"10.2217/BMT-2017-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2217/BMT-2017-0013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43086,"journal":{"name":"Breast Cancer Management","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2018-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2217/BMT-2017-0013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42186117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. P. Rebaza, C. Castañeda, Miluska Castillo, Luis A Bernabe, Joselyn Sanchez, G. Calderon, J. Dunstan, M. D. L. Cruz, Jose M Cotrina, J. Abugattas, Henry Guerra, Maria Villa-Robles, Nathaly Poma, O. Mejia, H. Gómez
{"title":"Androgen expression & clinicopathological features in male breast cancer","authors":"L. P. Rebaza, C. Castañeda, Miluska Castillo, Luis A Bernabe, Joselyn Sanchez, G. Calderon, J. Dunstan, M. D. L. Cruz, Jose M Cotrina, J. Abugattas, Henry Guerra, Maria Villa-Robles, Nathaly Poma, O. Mejia, H. Gómez","doi":"10.2217/BMT-2017-0027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2217/BMT-2017-0027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43086,"journal":{"name":"Breast Cancer Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2018-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2217/BMT-2017-0027","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43146792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Proton therapy for breast cancer: progress & pitfalls","authors":"K. Corbin, R. Mutter","doi":"10.2217/BMT-2018-0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2217/BMT-2018-0001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43086,"journal":{"name":"Breast Cancer Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2018-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2217/BMT-2018-0001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42825657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How do age and molecular subtypes impact surgical decisions","authors":"L. Dominici, T. King","doi":"10.2217/BMT-2017-0023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2217/BMT-2017-0023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43086,"journal":{"name":"Breast Cancer Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2018-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2217/BMT-2017-0023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48081992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Cheung, D. Morgan, E. Brain, P. Poortmans, R. Parks, B. Korc-Grodzicki, F. Ugolini, T. Shakir, J. Tsang, Heather M. Stone, C. Kenis, G. Perks, Roshaine Wijayatunga
Following the inception in 2010, the University of Nottingham hosted the 4th Symposium on Primary Breast Cancer in Older Women, under the auspices of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology, in March 2017, at East Midlands Conference Centre. This is the only meeting of its kind in the UK, now held biennially, aiming at a multidisciplinary audience, including patients, their carers and advocates. With a theme on ’Putting personalising care into practice’, this Symposium included sessions on ’local and systemic therapies’, ’new ideas’, ’patients and carers’, and ’challenging areas’, covered by an international and local faculty, interviewing patients and carers, and abstract presentations. Topics covered were practical and wide-ranging, including selecting for chemotherapy, radiotherapy and breast reconstruction, treating HER2-positive disease, and the roles of the geriatrician and geriatric oncology nurse.
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{"title":"The use of chemosensitizers to enhance the response to conventional therapy in triple-negative breast cancer patients","authors":"F. Guestini, K. McNamara, H. Sasano","doi":"10.2217/BMT-2017-0030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2217/BMT-2017-0030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43086,"journal":{"name":"Breast Cancer Management","volume":"6 1","pages":"127-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2217/BMT-2017-0030","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42227982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. López-González, I. D. Sillero, M. L. Flores, Laura López-González, A. Palomo
{"title":"Fulvestrant in breast cancer: also a good option in triple-positive breast cancer","authors":"A. López-González, I. D. Sillero, M. L. Flores, Laura López-González, A. Palomo","doi":"10.2217/BMT-2017-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2217/BMT-2017-0012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43086,"journal":{"name":"Breast Cancer Management","volume":"6 1","pages":"113-115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2217/BMT-2017-0012","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49592562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An interview with Professor Matthew Ellis at the NCRI 2017 Cancer Conference","authors":"M. Ellis","doi":"10.2217/bmt-2017-0028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2217/bmt-2017-0028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43086,"journal":{"name":"Breast Cancer Management","volume":"80 2","pages":"109-111"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2217/bmt-2017-0028","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41243773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}