This study was done to develop a Korean version of the Quality of Sexual Function (QSF-K) and evaluate the validity and reliability of the QSF-K. The participants were 220 women who visited the Center for Uterine Cancer at the National Cancer Center in Korea. Participants completed the scale once and then again at a two to four week interval. The QSF-K, Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and E...

INTRODUCTION Fatigue and depression are commonly attributed to malignant and chronic benign diseases. However, these phenomena have been little investigated to date in prostatic diseases. Our aim was to compare fatigue and depression in prostate cancer patients treated with Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) and in patients with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) / Benign Prostatic Syndrome. ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This review focuses on health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) assessment questionnaires and the influence of various parameters on HRQoL at distinct time points after laparoscopic colectomy for cancer. METHODS A PubMed electronic database literature search was conducted. RESULTS Twenty studies (7 prospective randomized, 5 nonrandomized, 2 retrospective, 1 matched, ...

BACKGROUND Well-developed and well-tested patient-reported outcome measures for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) are required. OBJECTIVE To test and adapt the scale structure and explore the psychometric properties of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) questionnaire for NMIBC. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A total of 433 patients in the Blad...

INTRODUCTION The treatment of pancreatic cancer is a complex problem, due to late diagnosis, the need for specialized surgical treatment, the large number of relapses and poor survival. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the quality of life of patients with periampulary pancreatic cancer before and after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD). MATERIAL & METHOD The sample was collected in the "Attikon" University G...

BACKGROUND The use of endocrine therapy (ET) in postmenopausal breast cancer patients may affect their cognitive status. This study aims to assess the effects of tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors (Als) on quality of life (QoL) and cognitive functions in breast cancer patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS The study included 101 patients receiving tamoxifen, 97 patients receiving Als, and 95 patients...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare total laryngectomy versus concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for functional and long-term quality of life (QOL) outcomes in patients with pharyngolaryngeal carcinoma. METHODS Among 145 patients treated for advanced pharyngolaryngeal cancer by CRT or total laryngectomy between 2000 and 2008, 47 patients who had completed treatment for >1 year...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of psychological intervention on the life quality of patients with laryngeal cancer. METHODS Two hundred and ten patients with laryngeal cancer were randomly assigned to the study group receiving psychological intervention and control group receiving routine nursing care. The Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD), Hamilton Anxiety Scale...

Objectives: Our study evaluates the impact of adjuvant treatment with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) combined vaginal high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR BT) on health-related quality life (HRQL) in patients early-stage endometrioid endometrial carcinoma. Material and methods: We assessed HRQL based EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire, cancer specific module — QLQ-EN24. From March 2019 to April 2020 w...