Open AccessPretreatment expectations of side effects from endocrine therapy found to influence occurrence
Author(s) -
Barton Mary Kay
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/caac.21360
Subject(s) - endocrine system , side effect (computer science) , adjuvant , adjuvant therapy , medicine , far side of the moon , quality of life (healthcare) , cancer , hormone , computer science , nursing , programming language , geophysics , geology
Key Points A higher expectation of side effects from adjuvant endocrine therapy increased the risk of actual side effects experienced. Adherence was worse in patients with higher expectations of side effects from adjuvant endocrine therapy, and health‐related quality of life was lower.