Quality of Life Before and After Radiation Therapy for Early-Stage Keratinocyte Carcinoma: A Longitudinal Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Little is known about patient-reported quality of life (QOL) before and after radiotherapy (RT) for early keratinocyte carcinoma (KC). The present study tested the hypothesis that QOL is hypothesized to deteriorate soon after RT, with subsequent improvement of a magnitude similar to other KC treatments.

Methods and materials

This observational study assessed prospectively collected longitudinal patient-reported QOL data at a single center. Patients undergoing external beam RT for early-stage (T0-2, <4 cm) KC that completed the Skindex-16 (S16) or Skin Cancer Index (SCI) before and at least once after RT were included. These indices include subscales of symptoms, emotions, and functioning for S16 and emotional, social, and appearance for SCI.

Results

81 patient

SUBMITTER: Qin N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11290081 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature