Article
Variations in COMT and NTRK2 Influence Symptom Burden in Women Undergoing Breast Cancer Treatment.
Biological research for nursing - 1 May 2017
Young Erin E, Kelly Debra Lynch, Shim Insop, Baumbauer Kyle M, Starkweather Angela, Lyon Debra E
Abstract excerpt
Women with breast cancer frequently report distressing symptoms during and after treatment that can significantly erode quality of life (QOL). Symptom burden among women with breast cancer is of complex etiology and is likely influenced by disease, treatment, and environmental factors as well as individual genetic differences. The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationships between genetic...
Topics
- Adult
- Anxiety
- Breast Neoplasms
- Catechol O-Methyltransferase
- Cost of Illness
- Depression
- Female
- Genotype
- Health Status
- Humans
- Membrane Glycoproteins
