Fifteen year quality of life outcomes in men with localised prostate cancer: population based Australian prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess treatment related changes in quality of life up to 15 years after diagnosis of localised prostate cancer.

Design

Population based, prospective cohort study with follow-up over 15 years.

Setting

New South Wales, Australia.

Participants

1642 men with localised prostate cancer, aged less than 70, and 786 controls randomly recruited from the New South Wales electoral roll into the New South Wales Prostate Cancer Care and Outcomes Study (PCOS).

Main outcome measures

General health and disease specific quality of life were self-reported at seven time points over a 15 year period, using the 12-item Short Form Health Survey scale, University of California, Los Angeles prostate cancer index, and expanded prostate cancer index composite short f

SUBMITTER: Mazariego CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7539021 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature