Publications by authors named "Catherine Varnum"
Purpose: To identify predictors of discontinuation of adjuvant hormone therapy in patients with breast cancer.
Patients And Methods: We conducted a record-linkage study based on data from Stockholm-Gotland Breast Cancer Register, Swedish Prescribed Drug Register, and self-reported questionnaire. Women diagnosed with breast cancer between 2005 and 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden, were prospectively followed for 5 years until 2013, starting from their first prescription of tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors (N = 3,395).
Objective: Cancer diagnosis is known to induce severe psychological stress for the diagnosed patients; however, how it affects the next-of-kin is less well documented. This study aimed to assess the impact of parental cancer on the risk of childhood death.
Methods: A population-based cohort study was conducted using the Swedish national registries, including 2,871,242 children followed during the period of 1991-2009.