Quality of Life Longitudinal Evaluation in Prostate Cancer Patients from Radiotherapy Start to 5 Years after IMRT-IGRT.

Angelo Maggio Tiziana RancatiMarco GattiDomenico CanteBarbara AvuzziCinzia BianconiFabio BadenchiniBruno FarinaPaolo FerrariTommaso GiandiniGiuseppe GirelliValeria LandoniAlessandro MagliEugenia MorettiEdoardo PetrucciPaolo SalmoiraghiGiuseppe SanguinetiElisa VillaJustyna Magdalena WaskiewiczAlessia GuarneriRiccardo ValdagniClaudio FiorinoCesare Cozzarini

Published in: Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) (2024)

In this prospective, longitudinal, observational study, high radiation IMRT doses delivered for PCa led to a temporary worsening of QoL, which tended to be completely resolved at six months. Such transient worsening was mostly associated with acute GI/GU toxicity, WPRT, and higher prescription doses.

Keyphrases

prostate cancer
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
early stage
liver failure
radical prostatectomy
prognostic factors
oxidative stress
radiation induced
radiation therapy
cerebral ischemia
drug induced
hepatitis b virus
patient reported