Dry eyes and AIs If you dont ask you wont find out》.pdf

The Breast xxx (2015) 1e5 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect The Breast journal homepage: www.elsevier .com/brst Original article Dry eyes and AIs: If you dont ask you wont find out* Holly Inglis a, b, c, *, Frances M. Boyle c, d, Michael L. Friedlander e, f, Stephanie L. Watson a, b, c a Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney, Australia b Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia c University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia d Patricia Richie Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Mater Hospital, North Sydney, Australia e Prince of Wales Hospital Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Australia f The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Objectives: Our objective was to investigate the hypothesis that women on adjuvant aromatase inhibitors Received 28 December 2014 (AIs) for treatment of breast cancer have a higher prevalence of dry eye syndrome (DES) compared with Received in revised form controls. 16 June 2015 Materials and methods: Exposure and control groups were recruited. A cross sectional questionnaire- Accepted 16 August 2015 Available online xxx based study was performed. Demographic data and medical histories were collected. The presence of dry eye syndrome was determined by the ocular surface disease index (OSDI). The Functional Assessment