Younger breast cancer patients have more adverse quality-of-life issues

Friday, January 20, 2012 - 18:00 in Health & Medicine

Younger women with breast cancer experience a decrease in their health-related quality of life (QOL), associated with increased psychological distress, weight gain, a decline in their physical activity, infertility and early onset menopause, according to a study published January 20 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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