Scoring of treatment-related late effects in prostate cancer.
Radiother Oncol
; 65(2): 109-21, 2002 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-12443807
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:
To assess the correlation between different general and organ specific quality of life and morbidity scoring methods in a cohort of men treated with radical radiotherapy for prostate cancer. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Men who had been treated with radical radiotherapy (50 Gy in 16 fractions over 21 days) for localized prostate cancer more than 3 years previously and who had no evidence of recurrent disease were invited to take part in the study. A total of 101 of 135 invited patients agreed and completed LENT/SOMA, UCLA Prostate Cancer Index, and 36 item RAND Health survey questionnaires.RESULTS:
The patients had comparable results with other published series with respect to the UCLA and SF-36 indices. There was significant correlation between the corresponding parts of the UCLA and LENT/SOMA scales (P<0.0005). However, for the same symptoms, a patient tended to score lower (worse) on the UCLA scale in comparison to LENT/SOMA. The relationship between the average LENT/SOMA score and maximum score was also not straightforward with each set of data revealing different information.CONCLUSIONS:
The LENT/SOMA questions were, in the main, more wide-ranging and informative than the UCLA index. It is helpful to give both the overall and maximum LENT/SOMA scores to most efficiently use all of the data. There may need to be a further LENT/SOMA question to allow both symptoms of tenesmus and faecal urgency to be fully addressed.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias da Próstata
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Perfil de Impacto da Doença
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Radioterapia Conformacional
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article