Olivia S. Fu|Katherine D. Crew|Judith S. Jacobson|Heather Greenlee|Gary Yu|Julie Campbell|Yvette Ortiz|Dawn L. Hershman
Ethnicity and persistent symptom burden in breast cancer survivors
Columbia University|Columbia University|Columbia University|Columbia University|Columbia University|Columbia University|Columbia University|Columbia University
relatively studies breast cancer survivors included nonwhite women women speak englishwe administered survey patients or3 months postcompletion adjuvant treatment stage 0iii breast cancer columbia university medical center order assess prevalence 16 physical emotional symptoms identify sociodemographic factors associated symptoms univariate analysis factor analysis anova multiple linear regression analysis performedof 139 patients surveyed 58 white 63 hispanic 18 black symptom commonly reported fatigue76 common severe symptom muscle aches40 patients70 complained or6 symptoms hispanic women likely report 10 symptoms p 005 factor analysis reduced 16 symptoms 4 underlying symptom clusters categorized depression chemotherapy hormone painrelated multiple linear regression models hispanic women likely report chemotherapyrelated symptoms p 005 painrelated symptoms p 005 unemployed women likely report chemotherapyrelated symptoms p 005 women 45 years old less likely report chemotherapy p 005 painrelated symptoms p 005the majority women study particularly hispanic elderly unemployed experienced persistent symptoms commonly fatigue muscle achesbecause hispanic elderly unemployed women experience greater symptom burden efforts made address unique needs