Paola Gonzalo-Encabo, Alexi Vasbinder, Jennifer W Bea, Kerryn W Reding, Deepika Laddu, Michael J LaMonte, Marcia L Stefanick, Candyce H Kroenke, Su Yon Jung, Aladdin H Shadyab, Michelle J Naughton, Manali I Patel, Juhua Luo, Hailey R Banack, Yangbo Sun, Michael S Simon, Christina M Dieli-Conwright
BACKGROUND: Postmenopausal women with cancer experience an accelerated physical dysfunction beyond that expected through aging alone due to cancer and its treatments. The aim of this study is to determine whether declines in physical function after cancer diagnosis are associated with all-cause mortality and cancer-specific mortality. METHODS: This prospective cohort study included 8,068 postmenopausal women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) who were diagnosed with cancer and had physical function assessed within 1-year of cancer diagnosis...
March 6, 2024: Journal of the National Cancer Institute