The Quality of Life after Radical Radiotherapy for Bladder Cancer

Autor:	B. J. Jenkins, J. P. Blandy, C. G. Fowler, H. F. Hope-Stone, W. J. Lynch
Rok vydání:	1992
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Bladder cancer Urinary bladder Epithelioma business.industry Urology medicine.medical_treatment medicine.disease Surgery Radiation therapy Cystectomy medicine.anatomical_structure Nottingham Health Profile Quality of life medicine Carcinoma business
Zdroj:	British Journal of Urology. 70:519-521
ISSN:	0007-1331
DOI:	10.1111/bju.1992.70.5.519
Popis:	The quality of life in 72 patients who had shown a complete response to radiotherapy, using a modified bladder symptom score and the Nottingham health profile, was compared with the quality of life in a similar control group matched for age and sex. There was no significant difference in either group. The records of 69 patients who had undergone post-radiation salvage cystectomy were reviewed, looking specifically at surgical complications. There were 3 post-operative deaths (5%), 3 pulmonary emboli and 3 fistulae--with some overlap of complications. Five patients who underwent cystectomy for intractable symptoms in the apparent absence of recurrent tumour were found to have residual cancer in the excised specimens.
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