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Supportive Care Trial Results
26. Support Groups May Boost Quality of Life, Not Survival
(Posted: 01/23/2002, Reviewed: 03/23/2005) - Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine on December 13, 2001, found that breast cancer support groups had no effect on length of survival, but did improve patients' mood and pain perception.
27. No Link Between Tamoxifen and Depression
(Posted: 11/09/2001, Reviewed: 11/14/2005) - Treatment with tamoxifen does not increase the risk of depression, according to the November 6, 2001, issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
28. Reducing Depression Does Not Reduce Fatigue
(Posted: 05/14/2001, Reviewed: 03/23/2005) - Cancer patients often experience both depression and fatigue, and physicians have had good reason to think that relieving depression might also reduce fatigue. But a new large randomized trial has disproved that theory and shifted researchers' attention to other possible strategies to fight cancer-related fatigue.
29. A New Treatment for Hot Flashes: Antidepressants
(Posted: 05/22/2000, Reviewed: 01/19/2005) - Women with breast cancer who suffer hot flashes now have a new option: widely used antidepressant drugs.
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