Clara Bodelon, PhD, MS

“We see that those taking chemotherapy are going to be the ones that are going to require the most help,” Clara Bodelon, PhD, MS, said regarding breast cancer treatment.

Patients with breast cancer who were treated with chemotherapy may have more pain, fatigue, and difficulty moving vs those who received endocrine therapy or did not have breast cancer.

“The idea is that the patients are informed of the long-term consequences [of the treatments] so they can have some [input in] decision making,” Clara Bodelon, PhD, MS, stated.

Endocrine therapy as a treatment for breast cancer showed similar long-lasting physical health decline data as what was seen in women who did not have breast cancer.