Short-term outcomes of health-related quality of life in patients with locally recurrent rectal cancer: multicentre, international, cross-sectional cohort study.
Deena P HarjiNiamh McKigneyCherry KohMichael J SolomonBen GriffithsMartyn EvansAlexander HeriotPeter M SagarGalina VelikovaJulia M BrownPublished in: BJS open (2023)
Several differences in short-term HrQoL outcomes between patients undergoing curative and palliative treatment for LRRC were documented. Patients undergoing curative surgery reported better overall HrQoL and a higher burden of pelvic symptoms.
Keyphrases
- rectal cancer
- patients undergoing
- cross sectional
- locally advanced
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- clinical trial
- palliative care
- study protocol
- prognostic factors
- randomized controlled trial
- type diabetes
- radiation therapy
- risk factors
- adipose tissue
- surgical site infection
- physical activity
- insulin resistance
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- double blind
- acute coronary syndrome
- weight loss