Publications by authors named "Asma Dhaini Merimeche"

Purpose: Socioeconomic status (SES) influences the survival outcomes of patients with early breast cancer (EBC). However, limited research investigates social inequalities in their quality of life (QoL). This study examines the socioeconomic inequalities in QoL after an EBC diagnosis and their time trends.

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Importance: Younger survivors of breast cancer frequently report more treatment-related symptoms, mostly related to the menopausal transition.

Objective: To assess factors associated with chemotherapy-related amenorrhea (CRA) and to evaluate its association with long-term quality of life (QOL).

Design, Setting, And Participants: The prospective, longitudinal Cancer Toxicities Study, a multicenter French cohort study, includes women with a diagnosis of stage I to III breast cancer and collects data approximately yearly after diagnosis.

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Purpose: This study assessed sustainable return to work (SRTW) of breast cancer survivors (BCS).

Methods: We used data from the prospective French cohort, CANTO. We included 1811 stage I-III BCS who were <57 years old and employed at the moment of diagnosis and working 2 years after diagnosis.

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Background: Many patients receiving adjuvant endocrine therapy (ET) for breast cancer experience side effects and reduced quality of life (QoL) and discontinue ET. We sought to describe these issues and develop a prediction model of early discontinuation of ET.

Methods: Among patients with hormone receptor-positive and HER2-negative stage I-III breast cancer of the Cancer Toxicities cohort (NCT01993498) who were prescribed adjuvant ET between 2012 and 2017, upon stratification by menopausal status, we evaluated adjuvant ET patterns including treatment change and patient-reported discontinuation and ET-associated toxicities and impact on QoL.

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Importance: As life span has increased among patients with cancer, survivorship has become an important component of breast cancer care. Among survivorship concerns, adequate contraceptive counseling is needed for premenopausal patients who are not seeking to become pregnant.

Objective: To examine contraceptive use and chosen methods and to assess factors associated with contraceptive use over time in patients with early breast cancer.

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Background: Return to work (RTW) after cancer can be modulated by psychosocial factors, including a reordering of one's life values, with more emphasis on private life than work-life. This change in patients' outlook on work-life is however poorly understood.

Methods: We used data from a French cohort (CANTO, NCT01993498) of women diagnosed with stage I-III primary breast cancer (BC) prospectively assessing life priorities between work and private life at diagnosis and 2 years after diagnosis.

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