ReviewFrontiers in global women's health2023
Health-related quality of life in breast cancer patients in low-and-middle-income countries in Asia: a systematic review.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Effect of Spiritual Therapies on the Quality of Life of Women with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review.Journal of religion and health · 2025Pooled it
- Global quality of life and mortality risk in patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of quality of life on mortality risk in patients with esophageal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society · 2024Pooled it
- Longitudinal changes in health-related quality of life after a breast cancer diagnosis in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from the prospective ABC-DO cohort.International journal of cancer · 2026Article
- Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of women with breast cancer undergoing treatment in a tertiary care centre in India.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2026Article
- Total treatment interval and quality of life of women living with breast cancer in Ethiopia: the mediating role of financial toxicity.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Quality of life trajectories in breast cancer survivors up to one year after treatment: a prospective study in a lower-middle-income country.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Article
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- Access to cancer medicines in Kenya: a scoping review of costs, financial toxicity, quality of life and policy impacts.Ecancermedicalscience · 2026Review
- Influence of age, body mass index and family income on the health Quality of Life among the breast cancer patients in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- First Comprehensive Assessment of Quality of Life in Cancer Patients in Afghanistan: Insights From Herat Regional Hospital.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Quality of life among Saudi cancer survivors: The role of social and demographic factors.World journal of clinical oncology · 2025Article
- Association between out-of-pocket expenditure and health-related quality of life among patients receiving cancer treatment: a cross-sectional study from Nepal.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2025Article
- Sociodemographic factors and treatment effects on quality of life in locally advanced breast cancer: a cross-sectional study.Ecancermedicalscience · 2025Article
- Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review.Breast cancer (Dove Medical Press) · 2025Review
- Health-state utility of patients with HER2-positive breast cancer in Vietnam: A multicenter cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Women-Centric Breast Cancer Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Challenges, Solutions, and a Roadmap for Equity.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterArticle
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Abstract
Introduction: Breast cancer remains one of the major cancers worldwide. In Asia, breast cancer is leading both incidence and mortality rates. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) studies play an important role in clinical treatment. This systematic review aimed to summarize the evidence of HRQoL and associated factors among patients with breast cancer in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) in Asia. Method: Performed according to PRISMA guidelines for systematic review, the studies were searched from three databases (PubMed, Cochrane, Scopus) up to November 2020. The studies which met the predefined eligibility criteria were selected, extracted, and assessed the quality according to the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) tool. Results and Discussion: A total of 2,620 studies were searched on the three databases, of which 28 met the selection criteria, then, were included in the systematic review. The Global Health Status (GHS) score of breast cancer patients based on the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire ranged from 56.32 ± 25.42 to 72.48 ± 15.68. The overall HRQoL scores using the FACT-G and FACT-B instruments ranged from 60.78 ± 13.27 to 82.23 ± 12.55 and from 70.29 ± 13.33 to 108.48 ± 19.82, respectively. Factors affecting HRQoL of patients with breast cancer included age, education level, income, marital status, lifestyle, tumor stage, method, and treatment duration. Patient's income showed a consistent effect on HRQoL while the remaining factors reported inconsistent findings across the studies. In conclusion, the HRQoL of breast cancer patients in LMICs in Asia was low and affected by several sociodemographic factors which should be studied more in future research.
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