Postoperative Health-Related Quality of Life of Cervical Cancer Patients - A Comparison between the Wertheim-Meigs Operation and Total Mesometrial Resection (TMMR).

ABSTRACT: Introduction: The present study compares for the first time the standard therapy for cervical cancer in FIGO-stages IB-IIB, radical hysterectomy according to the Wertheim-Meigs operation, with the newly developed, nerve-sparing surgical technique, total mesometrial resection (TMMR) with regard to postoperative, health-related quality of life. Method: In the framework of a multicentre, retrospective cohort study a total of 110 cervical cancer patients were interviewed once by means of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) and the cervical cancer module (EORTC QLQ-CX24). The influence of the surgical method was investigated by analysis of covariance under control of age and the time elapsed between treatment

SUBMITTER: Sowa E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4119106 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature