Patient preferences for reducing bowel adverse events following prostate radiotherapy.
Mark V MishraWinter Maxwell ThayerEllen JanssenBradford HoppeCaitlin EgglestonJohn F P BridgesPublished in: PloS one (2020)
We provide novel evidence on patient preferences for side effect reduction following prostate radiotherapy. Within the bowel sub-scale of the EPIC-26 short form, we found that bowel incontinence was perceived to be the most bothersome treatment effect, while increased bowel frequency was least bothersome to patients.
Keyphrases
- prostate cancer
- end stage renal disease
- early stage
- case report
- ejection fraction
- radiation therapy
- locally advanced
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- benign prostatic hyperplasia
- radiation induced
- depressive symptoms
- physical activity
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- social support
- squamous cell carcinoma
- patient reported