Improving health engagement and lifestyle management for breast cancer survivors with diabetes

Breast cancer survivors with type 2 diabetes are at high risk for cancer recurrence, serious health complications, more severe symptoms, psychological distress, and premature death relative to breast cancer survivors without diabetes. Maintaining glycemic control is critical for decreasing symptoms and preventing serious health problems. Many breast cancer survivors with type 2 diabetes have difficulty maintaining diabetes self-management behaviors and achieving glycemic control. Both cancer and diabetes-related symptoms (e.g., physical symptoms and psychological distress) are often barriers to engaging in diabetes self-management strategies.

Source: Contemporary Clinical Trials - April 10, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Rebecca A. Shelby, Caroline S. Dorfman, Sarah S. Arthur, Hayden B. Bosworth, Leonor Corsino, Linda Sutton, Lynda Owen, Alaattin Erkanli, Francis Keefe, Cheyenne Corbett, Gretchen Kimmick Source Type: research