Surviving rectal cancer at the cost of a colostomy: global survey of long-term health-related quality of life in 10 countries.
Helle Ø KristensenAnne ThyøKatrine J EmmertsenNeil J SmartThomas PinkneyAndrea M WarwickDong PangHossam ElfekiMostafa ShalabySameh Hany EmileMohamed AbdelkhalekMohammad ZuhdyTomas PoškusAudrius DulskasNir HoreshEdgar J B FurnéeSanne J VerkuijlNuno José RamaHugo DomingosJoão MacielAlejandro Solis-PeñaEloy Espín-BasanyMarta Hidalgo-PujolSebastiano BiondoAnnika SjövallPeter ChristensenPublished in: BJS open (2022)
Overall HRQoL is preserved in patients with a colostomy after rectal cancer, but a quarter of the patients interviewed reported impaired HRQoL. Differences among several countries were reported and socioeconomic factors correlated with reduced quality of life.