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A new study led by Kirsten Nyrop, PhD, assistant professor in the division of oncology and member of the UNC Lineberger Cancer Research Center, reports a gap in communication<\/a> between women with early-stage breast cancer and physicians about the severity of their chemotherapy treatment-related symptoms.<\/p>\n

The study compared how women with breast cancer rated the severity of 17 of their own symptoms with physician ratings of chemotherapy toxicity.<\/p>\n

At best, the researchers found patients and physicians showed \u201cmoderate\u201d agreement on the severity for 53 percent of symptoms, \u201cfair\u201d agreement for 41 percent and \u201cslight\u201d agreement for six percent.<\/p>\n

The biggest differences in symptom severity ratings were linked to race, specifically between physicians and black women with breast cancer and racial minorities, researchers reported. Published in the journal Cancer, the findings showed the need to improve communication between physicians and patients, the researchers said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe highest level of agreement on symptom severity was \u2018moderate;\u2019 this is suboptimal,\u201d said UNC Lineberger\u2019s\u00a0Kirsten Nyrop, PhD<\/a>, research assistant professor at the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology\/Oncology. \u201cPatient-reported symptom severity is considered the \u2018gold standard\u2019 for measuring treatment toxicity and its impact on the patient\u2019s quality of life. There needs to be improved communication between patients and their clinicians regarding symptom severity, especially for non-white patients.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn more from the Lineberger News Room<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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