Disability pension among gynaecological cancer survivors with or without radiation-induced survivorship syndromes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Gynaecological cancer patients treated with external radiation therapy to the pelvis may face long-lasting and long-term gastrointestinal syndromes. The aim of this study was to assess the association between such radiation-induced survivorship syndromes and disability pension among gynaecological cancer survivors treated with pelvic radiation therapy.

Methods

This prospective register study included gynaecological cancer survivors (n=247) treated during 1991-2003, alive at the time of the study, and <65 years of age. In 2006, they completed a postal questionnaire measuring patient-reported outcomes. The self-reported data were linked to the national register on disability pensions. Relative risks and risk differences with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of being gran

SUBMITTER: Baloch AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9300541 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature