Quality of life among germ-cell testicular cancer survivors: The effect of time since cancer diagnosis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Testicular cancer is one of the most treatable cancers, with a 10-year survival of more than 95%. Many patients will be long-term survivors and this disease strikes men in an important phase of their lives, therefore the quality of life (QoL) among these patients is an area of particular interest. We aimed to study whether QoL in testicular cancer survivors depends on the time since cancer diagnosis.

Methods

Data were collected from the EPSAM (Esposizioni postnatali e salute maschile) study, a case-control study on patients with testicular cancer, diagnosed between 1997 and 2008 in the province of Turin, Northern Italy, and interviewed between 2008 and 2010 (response rate among cases 57%). Patients were contacted through their oncologist at the San Giovanni Bati

SUBMITTER: Jovanovski A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8494333 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature