Stressful Events in Life Due to Losses and Deficit Could Predict 25-year Outcome in Patients With Breast Cancer Symptoms

Background/Aim: Psychosocial stressful (PS) factors like losses and deficit could associate indirectly to breast carcinoma (BC) risk, but the long-term impact of losses, deficit and stressful (LDS) events on outcome of patients with BC symptoms is rarely reported. Patients and Methods: A study cohortof 115 patients with BC symptoms completed the LDS inventory (LDSI). Associations between LDSI and long-term outcomes were examined. Results: -value=0.048). Conclusion: This study found a significant long-term outcome effect for LDS events on both women with BC symptoms and patients with BC. These findings suggest that further research is needed to substantiate whether LDSI approach could be an important addition to PS events screening criteria for preventative or early BC care.