Long-Term Quality of Life of Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Patients Treated with Pre-Operative Radiotherapy and Surgery.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:Retroperitoneal sarcomas (RPS) are connective tissue cancers that are often large and anatomically in close proximity to critical and radiation-sensitive normal structures and organs within the abdomen and pelvis. The management of RPS may include preoperative radiotherapy (RT) and surgery. We aimed to examine how treatment-related toxicities affect patient quality of life (QOL).  Methods and materials: Within two prospective cohort studies, 48 RPS patients who were treated with preoperative RT from 1998-2012 were recruited and assessed for QOL (EORTC-QLQ-C30) and to determine toxicities potentially related to RT and surgery (graded using CTCAE V.4). Baseline and prospective QOL was available for 11 patients. In the other 37 patients, prospective data were obtained at different tim

SUBMITTER: Wong P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5724811 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature