Health-related quality of life in men with localized prostate cancer treated with radiotherapy: validation of an abbreviated version of the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite for Clinical Practice in Spain.

Almudena ZapateroXavier Maldonado PijoanAntonio Gómez-CaamañoJosé Pardo MasferrerVíctor Macías HernándezAsunción Hervás MorónJulia Luisa Muñoz GarcíaAmalia Palacios EitoPaloma Anguita-AlonsoCristina González-JuncoJosé López Torrecilla

Published in: Health and quality of life outcomes (2021)

The Spanish EPIC-16 questionnaire demonstrated sensitivity, strong discriminative properties and reliability, and validity for use in clinical practice. EPIC-16 scores worsened after radiotherapy in different HRQoL domains; however, a strong tendency towards recovery was seen at the 3-month follow-up visit.

Keyphrases

prostate cancer
clinical practice
radical prostatectomy
early stage
locally advanced
psychometric properties
radiation therapy
radiation induced
cross sectional
newly diagnosed