{"id":62686,"date":"2026-05-08T09:20:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iarc.spherical.horse\/news-events\/longitudinal-changes-in-health-related-quality-of-life-after-a-breast-cancer-diagnosis-in-sub-saharan-africa-evidence-from-the-prospective-abc-do-cohort\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T09:21:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:21:48","slug":"longitudinal-changes-in-health-related-quality-of-life-after-a-breast-cancer-diagnosis-in-sub-saharan-africa-evidence-from-the-prospective-abc-do-cohort","status":"publish","type":"news-events","link":"https:\/\/iarc.spherical.horse\/fr\/news-events\/longitudinal-changes-in-health-related-quality-of-life-after-a-breast-cancer-diagnosis-in-sub-saharan-africa-evidence-from-the-prospective-abc-do-cohort\/","title":{"rendered":"Longitudinal changes in health-related quality of life after a breast cancer diagnosis in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from the prospective ABC-DO cohort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and partner institutions investigated how Global Health Status (GHS) changes over time among breast cancer survivors in sub-Saharan Africa and identified key factors that influence recovery and well-being. The findings are published in the July 2026 issue of the <em>International Journal of Cancer<\/em> and featured on the cover of the issue.<\/p>\r\n<p>GHS was lowest in the first 6\u2009months after diagnosis but improved gradually thereafter. GHS increased with increasing education level, breast cancer awareness, surgical treatment, family support, and maintaining pre-diagnosis employment. In contrast, GHS decreased with increasing age at diagnosis, rural residence, advanced tumour stage at diagnosis, and having non-HIV comorbidities. GHS was not affected by HIV status. It was higher during COVID-19 lockdowns than before or after lockdown. These patterns were similar at younger and older ages and in the short and long term.<\/p>\r\n<p>The researchers used data from the African Breast Cancer \u2013 Disparities in Outcomes (ABC-DO) study and analysed responses of almost 1400 women in Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia who were asked to self-report their overall health during the previous week on a seven-point scale. The mean age of the women was 50 years, the median follow-up time was 3 years, and a median of 18 GHS assessments per woman were completed.<\/p>\r\n<p>The potentially modifiable factors associated with GHS are known to influence breast cancer survival in sub-Saharan Africa. Addressing them could improve survivorship and breast cancer survival in the region.<\/p>\r\n<p>Mohammed S, Galukande M, Naamala A, Parham G, Pinder L, Anele A, et al.<br \/>\r\nLongitudinal changes in health-related quality of life after a breast cancer diagnosis in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from the prospective ABC-DO cohort<br \/>\r\n<em>Int J Cancer<\/em>. Published online 29 January 2026;<br \/>\r\nhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ijc.70350<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ijc.70350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the article<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":42929,"template":"","class_list":["post-62686","news-events","type-news-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cancer-site_taxonomy-breast-cancer-fr"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iarc.spherical.horse\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-events\/62686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iarc.spherical.horse\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iarc.spherical.horse\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news-events"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iarc.spherical.horse\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iarc.spherical.horse\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}