Cancer Research Center, Shohada Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran E-mail: azargashb1@yahoo.com
Abstract
Due to increasing incidence of breast cancer, recognition of risk factors has become increasingly important. Over the past few decades, among risk factors of this disease, stressful life events have attracted particular attention, but their relationship with breast cancer incidence and survival remains a mystery. This study aimed to examine the relationship between severe stressful life events and incidence and survival of women with breast cancer. In this case-control study, using a structured telephone interview with 355 women with breast cancer and also with 516 women with benign breast diseases who were matched in demographic characteristics, necessary information about the experience of major stressful events in the years before the diagnosis were collected. Data were analyzed using statistical methods of χ2, t, and Kaplan-Meier with a significance level of
Fallah, R., Akbari, M. E., Azargashb, E., & Khayamzadeh, E. (2016). Incidence and Survival in Breast Cancer Patients and Stressful Life Events. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 17(S3), 245-252.
MLA
Raheleh Fallah; Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari; Eznollah Azargashb; E Khayamzadeh. "Incidence and Survival in Breast Cancer Patients and Stressful Life Events". Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 17, S3, 2016, 245-252.
HARVARD
Fallah, R., Akbari, M. E., Azargashb, E., Khayamzadeh, E. (2016). 'Incidence and Survival in Breast Cancer Patients and Stressful Life Events', Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 17(S3), pp. 245-252.
VANCOUVER
Fallah, R., Akbari, M. E., Azargashb, E., Khayamzadeh, E. Incidence and Survival in Breast Cancer Patients and Stressful Life Events. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2016; 17(S3): 245-252.
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