Physicians may overlook substantial symptoms in certain patients undergoing radiotherapy for breast cancer, especially those who are young, Black or of “other” race or ethnicity, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology.
“Our study points to a remediable deficit — a gap in communication of symptoms experienced by patients to the physicians who must be aware of those symptoms in order to help mitigate them,” lead author Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, deputy chair of radiation oncology and Newman Family Professor of Radiation Oncology at University of Michigan,