Age-specific health-related quality of life in disease-free long-term prostate cancer survivors versus male population controls-results from a population-based study.
Salome AdamDaniela DoegeLena Koch-GallenkampMelissa S Y ThongHeike BertramAndrea EberleBernd HolleczekRon PritzkuleitMechthild Waldeyer-SauerlandAnnika WaldmannSylke Ruth ZeissigLina JansenSabine RohrmannHermann BrennerVolker ArndtPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2019)
Long-term disease-free PC survivors reported overall good HRQoL, but experienced persistent specific detriments. Our data suggest that these detriments do not improve substantially with increasing time since diagnosis. Targeted interventions are recommended to prevent PC-related and treatment-related symptoms becoming chronic and to enhance social functioning.