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 …

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 …

Quality of life in urologic oncology: new aspects

C Doehn, D Jocham - Onkologie, 2003 - europepmc.org
Prostate cancer, bladder cancer, renal cancer and testicular cancer are the most frequent
malignancies in urology. Additional to parameters such as patient age, course of the …

Measuring disease specific quality of life in localized prostate cancer: the Dutch experience

IJ Korfage, ML Essink-Bot, JB Madalinska… - Quality of Life …, 2003 - Springer
Objective: We aimed at developing and testing a Dutch health-related quality of life measure
for localized prostate cancer patients. Methods: Scales on urinary and bowel function and …

Evaluation of health-related quality of life in patients with prostate cancer after treatment with radical retropubic prostatectomy and permanent prostate brachytherapy

S Dragićević, T Naumović, I Soldatović, S Mićić… - Urologia …, 2010 - karger.com
Aim: The aims of this study were to evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and
make the treatment decision less difficult. Methods: Between 2007 and 2009 radical …

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 …

Twelve‐month self‐reported quality of life after retropubic radical prostatectomy: A prospective study with Rand 36‐Item Health Survey (Short Form‐36)

V Ficarra, G Novara, A Galfano, C Stringari… - BJU …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES To evaluate the health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients undergoing
retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) for clinically localized prostate cancer. PATIENTS …

Measurement of quality of life in localized prostatic cancer patients treated with radiotherapy. Development of a prostate cancer-specific module supplementing the …

G Borghede, M Sullivan - Quality of life research, 1996 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to construct a multidimensional self-administered qualityof life
questionnaire specific to prostate cancer within the EORTC framework and to test its …

A systematic review of expanded prostate cancer index composite (EPIC) quality of life after surgery or radiation treatment.

TK Lee, RH Breau, R Mallick, L Eapen - The Canadian journal of …, 2015 - europepmc.org
Materials and methods A systematic review of English articles published prior to 2012 was
conducted. Peer reviewed articles reporting longitudinal EPIC data in a statistically …

Long-term quality of life following primary treatment in men with clinical stage T3 prostate cancer

S Namiki, T Tochigi, S Ishidoya, A Ito, I Numata… - Quality of Life …, 2011 - Springer
Objectives We evaluated the changes of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) during the 5
years after radical prostatectomy (RP) or external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for clinical …