Health-related quality of life in oropharyngeal cancer survivors - a population-based study.
Otolaryngol Pol
; 72(2): 30-35, 2018 Apr 30.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29748448
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The aim of this study was to compare QoL of oropharyngeal cancer survivors who had received different treatments. SUBJECTS ANDMETHODS:
We contacted 954 survivors. Each survivor received the QoL questionnaires EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-H&N35.RESULTS:
A total of 263 survivors completed the questionnaires (28% responses). Forty-five of them had undergone surgery, 20 had received definitive radiotherapy or chemo-radiotherapy, 85 surgery plus adjuvant radiotherapy, and 111 surgery plus adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy. Survivors who had received adjuvant radiotherapy and surgery reported significantly more problems with swallowing (B=13.43 [95% Confidence Interval (CI) 1.83-25.03]), senses (B=24,91 [CI 11.86-37.97]), eating (B=16.91 [CI 3.46-30.36]), dry mouth (B=26.42 [CI 12.17-40.67]), sticky saliva (B=22.37 [CI 6.23-38.50]) and nutritional supplements (B=18.59 [CI 0.62-36.56]) than those who had received surgery only. Survivors who had received adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy and surgery reported significantly many more problems with dry mouth (B=34.15 [CI 18.91-49.39]) and sticky saliva (B=22.90 [CI 5.65-40.16]), and fewer problems with physical functioning (B=-12.07 [CI 0.49-23-64]).CONCLUSION:
Survivors who participated in this survey and who had undergone surgery alone reported in some head- and neck-specific domains a better health-related quality of life than patients who had undergone multi-modal treatment or adjuvant radiotherapy.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Oropharyngeal Neoplasms
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Cancer Survivors
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Otolaryngol Pol
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Germany