Determining Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patient After Completing Radiation,Chemotherapy,Surgery or Combination

Inclusion Criteria:

• Breast cancer patients
• 25 to 85 years old

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Received prior definitive treatment for stage I-IV breast cancer with or without adjuvant chemotherapy or radiation therapy or surgical therapy or any combination therapy.
• 3 to 18 months since completion therapy.

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

• 25 to 49 vs 50 to 85

Sex:

• Female

Menopausal status:

• Not specified

Performance status:

• Not specified

Life expectancy:

• Not specified

Hematopoietic:

• CBC in normal range:
• Hemoglobin - 10 g/dl
• Blood Glucose is twofold above the normal range

Hepatic:

• Hepatic profile is twofold above the normal range:
• AST/ALT
• Bilirubin,total
• Protein (Albumin, Globulin)

Renal:

• Renal tests are twofold above the normal range:
• Creatinine clearance 24 hours
• BUN
• Creatinine level

Other:

• No current psychiatric diagnosis
• Mini Mental Status Examination
• No signs and symptoms MDD
• Anxiety disorder
• Post Traumatic Syndrome Disorder

Status of Therapy:

Chemotherapy:

• Completed

Endocrine therapy:

• Completed

Radiotherapy:

• Completed

Surgery:

• Completed at least three months before the start of the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age below 25 and above 85
• Subject with breast carcinoma in therapy
• Any current mental illness
• Hepatic enzymes are more than twofold from the normal range
• Renal impairment is more than twofold from the normal range
• Hemoglobin is less than 10 g/dl
• CBC results are below normal range