Patient reported outcomes for quality of life (QOL) by Expanded Prostate Cancer Index (EPIC) on average 15 years post treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective/purpose

Previously patient reported quality of life (QOL) was reported in men with prostate cancer a mean 2 and 6 years post treatment with open radical prostatectomy (RP), 3D conformal radiation therapy (3D CRT), or ¹²⁵I low dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy (BT). Herein we update the results 15 years post-treatment QOL.

Materials/methods

The Expanded Prostate Cancer Index (EPIC) domains were scored with differences evaluated at a median 15.8 years follow up based upon mean EPIC summary domains by ANOVA with pairwise post-hoc comparisons adjusted for age. Patient differences of current survey from first cross-section are reported as median change in summary score for each treatment group at median of 2.2 and 6.0, and 15.8 years.

Results

Among men sti

SUBMITTER: Seymour ZA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9256969 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature