Relief of Urinary Symptom Burden after Primary Prostate Cancer Treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Harms of prostate cancer treatment on urinary health related quality of life have been thoroughly studied. In this study we evaluated not only the harms but also the potential benefits of prostate cancer treatment in relieving the pretreatment urinary symptom burden.

Materials and methods

In American (1,021) and Spanish (539) multicenter prospective cohorts of men with localized prostate cancer we evaluated the effects of radical prostatectomy, external radiotherapy or brachytherapy in relieving pretreatment urinary symptoms and in inducing urinary symptoms de novo, measured by changes in urinary medication use and patient reported urinary bother.

Results

Urinary symptom burden improved in 23% and worsened in 28% of subjects after prostate cancer treatment in

SUBMITTER: Chang P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5501938 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature