Quality of life in patients with resectable rectal cancer during the first 24 months following diagnosis.
Sofie WalmingD AsplundD BockE GonzalezJ RosenbergK SmedhEva HaglindPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2020)
The quality of life of patients with resectable rectal cancer recovered to levels comparable to a reference population 12 and 24 months after diagnosis. Our results indicate that the urinary, bowel and stoma function has an impact on quality of life.