Prospective quality-of-life outcomes for low-risk prostate cancer: Active surveillance versus radical prostatectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For patients with low-risk prostate cancer (PCa), active surveillance (AS) may produce oncologic outcomes comparable to those achieved with radical prostatectomy (RP). Health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) outcomes are important to consider, yet few studies have examined HRQoL among patients with PCa who were managed with AS. In this study, the authors compared longitudinal HRQoL in a prospective, racially diverse, and contemporary cohort of patients who underwent RP or AS for low-risk PCa.

Methods

Beginning in 2007, HRQoL data from validated questionnaires (the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite and the 36-item RAND Medical Outcomes Study short-form survey) were collected by the Center for Prostate Disease Research in a multicenter national database. Patie

SUBMITTER: Jeldres C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4490040 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature