Urinary quality of life outcomes in men who were treated with image-guided intensity-modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Quality of life (QoL) outcomes play a major role in the treatment selection for prostate cancer (CaP). We evaluated the urinary QoL outcomes in men who were treated with image-guided intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IG-IMRT) for CaP.

Methods and materials

We enrolled men who were diagnosed with CaP and underwent IG-IMRT in a large urological group practice into a prospectively maintained database. The typical radiation treatment dosage to prostates and seminal vesicles was 8100 cGy in 45 fractions. Urinary QoL was self-assessed using the standardized incontinence grade and International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) at baseline and at each follow-up visit. We evaluated the cumulative incidence of urinary incontinence and changes in both continence and IPSS over

SUBMITTER: Salami SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5514226 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature