Physical health scores predictions breast cancer results

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Breast cancer survivors with poor physical health at increased risk of poor cancer had results, including recurrence and death results, according to the results of the observatiestudie presented at the AACR is 2-6 annual general meeting 2011, instead of April.

Survivors of breast cancer, which had poor health scores were 27 percent of cancer or a new breast cancer more likely a repeat experience. Physical health is also quite heavily influenced survival; Risk of death cause was 65 percent more among those with poorer health results.

Researchers from UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center uses data from three of the four cohorts in the after breast cancer (ABC) pooling project included the Association of the physical state of health and survival, together with a group of Comorbidities analyze. The physical health score was shown in smaller studies to an important predictor of future breast cancer events and overall survival in women with breast cancer.

"Here a single metric we, that predicts the risk, see," said John p. Pierce PhD,., which is the Sam M. Walton Professor of cancer prevention and associate director for population Sciences at the Moores Cancer Center. "Variable cluster together and are summarized in the physical health score." "The question is how the physical health of location of this particular group of breast cancer to improve survivors."

Physical health results were overall 9,387 breast cancer survivors, with the SF-36 - a multipurpose, short form health survey by the diagnosis, follow-up, the average seven years later measured. The physical health score contains information such as their own physical functioning is a person, physical pain and limitations caused by physical problems.

About half the women in the sample had a physical health score, the the survey definition of poor physical health meets. Low physical health a higher body mass index were allocated to strong results. Women with low scores were less physically active and 64 percent more have sleep difficulties. You also had 50 percent higher rates of high blood pressure and diabetes and were twice as likely to have arthritis.

Can clinicians feel to improve their health, about her life better women by addressing this cluster of health issues, and reduce associated breast cancer risks, according to Pierce.

"Instead breast cancer survivors as a whole look at, we need results on women with low physical health, the most," he said. "An increase of 5 percent in their physical health can reduce their risk score." "We may authorize to improve them to apply their health and therefore their chance of survival and their quality of life."

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American Association for cancer research (AACR)