Predictors of quality of life after radical treatment for prostate cancer

M Gacci, A Lapini, S Serni, L Livi, F Paiar, B Detti… - Urologia …, 2008 - karger.com
Introduction: The usual treatment options for clinically localized prostate cancer carry a
significant risk of lasting side effects, including urinary, bowel, and sexual dysfunction, that …

A 3-y prospective study of health-related and disease-specific quality of life in patients with nonmetastatic prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy or external …

K Yoshimura, Y Arai, K Ichioka, Y Matsui… - Prostate Cancer and …, 2004 - nature.com
We assessed the longitudinal alteration of the quality of life (QOL) of patients with localized
prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy or hormonoradiotherapy during 3-y follow-up. In …

[HTML][HTML] General quality of life 2 years following treatment for prostate cancer: what influences outcomes? Results from the prostate cancer outcomes study

DF Penson, Z Feng, A Kuniyuki, D McClerran… - Journal of Clinical …, 2003 - iro.uiowa.edu
Purpose: The goal of this study was to determine the relationship between primary
treatment, urinary dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, and general health-related quality of life …

Health‐related quality of life and psychosocial factors in patients with prostate cancer scheduled for radical prostatectomy or external radiation therapy

G Van Andel, AP Visser, M Hulshof… - BJU …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVE To assess whether baseline health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) and
psychosocial profiles differ in patients with prostate cancer scheduled for radical …

Health related quality of life for men treated for localized prostate cancer with long-term followup

GJ Huang, N Sadetsky, DF Penson - The Journal of urology, 2010 - auajournals.org
Purpose: Men who undergo primary treatment for prostate cancer can expect changes in
health related quality of life. Long-term changes after treatment are not yet fully understood …

Impact of salvage therapy for biochemical recurrence on health‐related quality of life following radical prostatectomy

S Namiki, S Saito, T Tochigi, N Ioritani… - … journal of urology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To determine the impact of salvage therapy for prostate‐specific antigen (PSA)
recurrence on the health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients after radical retropubic …

Quality of life after radical treatment of prostate cancer: validation of the Italian version of the University of California-Los Angeles Prostate Cancer Index

M Gacci, L Livi, F Paiar, B Detti, MS Litwin, R Bartoletti… - Urology, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To validate an Italian version of the University of California-Los Angeles
Prostate Cancer Index (UCLA-PCI). METHODS: Men with prostate cancer treated with …

Quality of life after prostate cancer treatments in patients comparable at baseline

JJ van Tol-Geerdink, JWH Leer, IM Van Oort… - British Journal of …, 2013 - nature.com
Background: Previous studies on the effects of different prostate cancer treatments on quality
of life, were confounded because patients were not comparable. This study examined …

Changes in health-related quality of life in the first year after treatment for prostate cancer: results from CaPSURE

DP Lubeck, MS Litwin, JM Henning, ML Stoddard… - Urology, 1999 - Elsevier
Objectives. Treatment for prostate cancer has a significant impact on health-related quality of
life (HRQOL). We examined HRQOL immediately after diagnosis and treatment and 1 and 2 …

The ProCaSP study: quality of life outcomes of prostate cancer patients after radiotherapy or radical prostatectomy in a cohort study

N Eisemann, S Nolte, M Schnoor, A Katalinic, V Rohde… - BMC urology, 2015 - Springer
Background This study describes and compares health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of
prostate cancer patients who received either radical prostatectomy (nerve-sparing, nsRP, or …