Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Research Open Access Quality of life of 5–10 year breast cancer survivors diagnosed between age 40 and 49 Deborah Casso*1, Diana SM Buist1,2 and Stephen Taplin3 Address: 1Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, 1730 Minor Ave., Suite 1600, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA, 2Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA and 3Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, EPN 4005, 6130 Executive Blvd- MSC 7344, Bethesda, MD, USA Email: Deborah Casso* - ; Diana SM Buist - ; Stephen Taplin - taplins@ * Corresponding author Published: 18 May 2004 Health and. | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Open Access Quality of life of 5-10 year breast cancer survivors diagnosed between age 40 and 49 Deborah Casso 1 Diana SM Buist1 2 and Stephen Taplin3 Address 1Center for Health Studies Group Health Cooperative 1730 Minor Ave. Suite 1600 Seattle WA 98101 USA 2Department of Epidemiology University of Washington Seattle WA USA and 3Applied Research Program Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences National Cancer Institute EPN 4005 6130 Executive Blvd- MSC 7344 Bethesda MD USA Email Deborah Casso - Diana SM Buist - Stephen Taplin - taplins@ Corresponding author Published 18 May 2004 Received 06 February 2004 Accepted 18 May 2004 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2004 2 25 This article is available from http content 2 l 25 2004 Casso et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract Background The purpose of this report is to examine the correlates of quality of life QOL of a well-defined group of long-term breast cancer survivors diagnosed between the ages of 40 and 49. Methods Women were eligible if they were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ 5 to 10 years before June 30 1998 and were enrolled at Group Health Cooperative a health maintenance organization in western Washington State. A questionnaire was mailed to 290 women 216 were included in this analysis. The questionnaire included standardized measures of QOL . the Cancer Rehabilitation Evaluation System CARES-SF and SF-36 as well as general demographic and medical information. ANOVA and logistic regression were used to estimate correlates of self-reported QOL. Results The mean age at diagnosis was years and the average time since diagnosis was years. .
