Perceived Stress Levels, Chemotherapy, Radiation Treatment and Tumor Characteristics Are Associated with a Persistent Increased Frequency of Somatic Chromosomal Instability in Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer: A One Year Longitudinal Study

• Noran Aboalela,

  Current address: College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

  Affiliation Department of Human & Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Debra Lyon,

  Current address: School of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America.

  Affiliations Family and Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• R. K. Elswick Jr.,

  Affiliation Family and Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Debra Lynch Kelly,

  Current address: School of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America.

  Affiliation Family and Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Jenni Brumelle,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Harry D. Bear,

  Affiliations Division of Surgical Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Colleen Jackson-Cook

  * E-mail: ccook@mcvh-vcu.edu

  Affiliations Department of Human & Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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