Cohort study of long-term survival and quality of life following pelvic exenteration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pelvic exenteration (PE) is the preferred treatment available for selected patients diagnosed with locally advanced or recurrent cancer confined to the pelvis. Currently, the majority of the literature reports only on short-term survival and quality-of-life (QoL) outcomes. The aim of this prospective cohort study was to describe long-term survival and QoL outcomes following PE.

Methods

This was a cohort study of consecutive patients undergoing PE from 1994 to 2016 at a major teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia. From 2008, consenting patients were also included in a prospective QoL study. Main outcomes were long-term survival and QoL assessed with SF-36^® and FACT-C questionnaires. Survival was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Steffens D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6156168 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature