Chintamani Chintamani|Anupriya Gogne|Rohan Khandelwal|Megha Tandon|Sidharth Jain|Yashwant Kumar|Nikhil Narayan|Rahul Bamal|S. Srinivas|Sunita Saxena
The correlation of anxiety and depression levels with response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer
Safdarjang Hospital|Safdarjang Hospital|Safdarjang Hospital|Safdarjang Hospital|Safdarjang Hospital|Safdarjang Hospital|Safdarjang Hospital|Safdarjang Hospital|Safdarjang Hospital|Indian Council of Medical Research
aim evaluate correlate anxiety depression levels response neoadjuvant chemotherapy patients breast cancer study also assessed effects family support distress levelsit prospective study cohort 84 patients locally advanced breast cancer assessments done using hospital anxiety depression scale hadsa prospective study developing world settingeightyfour patients locally advanced breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy included taking informed consent ethical committee clearancea significant correlation observed response neoadjuvant chemotherapy depression levels breast cancer patients joint family literacy levels also impact levels depression observeda total 84 patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy breast cancer evaluated using hads effect family support literacy levels employment psychological status patients also assessedthe response neoadjuvant chemotherapy direct correlation levels depression distress levels lower responders found important variable determining psychological status patients also observed indian patients comparison western counterparts react differently cancerrelated stress