Long-term outcomes among localized prostate cancer survivors : health-related quality-of-life changes after radical prostatectomy, external radiation, and brachytherapy

PURPOSE: We sought to elucidate long-term changes in health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) outcomes by prospectively re-evaluating a well-characterized cohort of prostate cancer (PC) survivors 4 to 8 years after primary treatment.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients who had been evaluated previously at a median of 2.6 years after radical prostatectomy (RP), external radiation (three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy [3-D CRT]), or brachytherapy (BT) were recontacted at a median of 6.2 years after treatment. The clinical relevance of long-term HRQOL impairment among survivors was established by comparison with controls of similar age. Factors associated with HRQOL changes during this interval were evaluated.

RESULTS: Of the 964 eligible men, 709 (73.5%) completed measurable questionnaires. In four domains (urinary irritative-obstructive, urinary incontinence, bowel, and sexual), significant HRQOL differences were detected for at least one of the therapy groups, compared with controls (all P < .05). During the 4-year interval, significant improvement was observed for the urinary irritative-obstructive (P < .0001) and bowel (P < .0001) domains among BT patients, whereas urinary incontinence HRQOL worsened for both the BT (P = .0017) and 3-D CRT (P = .0008) treatment groups. Overall sexual HRQOL deteriorated for the 3-D CRT cohort (P = .0017), as well as for controls (P = .0136). Among RP patients, significant HRQOL changes were not observed.

CONCLUSION: During a 4-year interval from earlier to longer-term phases of PC treatment survivorship, sexual, urinary, and bowel dysfunction remain significant concerns among early-stage PC treatment survivors, compared with control men. Although postprostatectomy HRQOL remains relatively stable during this interval, disease-specific HRQOL continues to evolve among men treated with BT and 3-D CRT.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2005

Erschienen:

2005

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 23(2005), 12 vom: 20. Apr., Seite 2772-80

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Miller, David C [VerfasserIn]
Sanda, Martin G [VerfasserIn]
Dunn, Rodney L [VerfasserIn]
Montie, James E [VerfasserIn]
Pimentel, Hector [VerfasserIn]
Sandler, Howard M [VerfasserIn]
McLaughlin, William P [VerfasserIn]
Wei, John T [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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Date Completed 19.05.2005

Date Revised 30.03.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM154874175