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The Quality of Life after Radical Radiotherapy for Bladder Cancer
Author(s) -
LYNCH W. J.,
JENKINS B. J.,
FOWLER C. G.,
HOPE-STONE H. F.,
BLANDY J. P.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/bju.1992.70.5.519
Subject(s) - radiation therapy , quality of life (healthcare) , bladder cancer , cancer , quality (philosophy) , medicine , surgery , philosophy , nursing , epistemology
Summary The quality of life in 72 patients who had shown a complete response to radiotherapy, using a modified bladder symptom score and the Nottingham health profile, was compared with the quality of life in a similar control group matched for age and sex. There was no significant difference in either group. The records of 69 patients who had undergone post‐radiation salvage cystectomy were reviewed, looking specifically at surgical complications. There were 3 post‐operative deaths (5%), 3 pulmonary emboli and 3 fistulae—with some overlap of complications. Five patients who underwent cystectomy for intractable symptoms in the apparent absence of recurrent tumour were found to have residual cancer in the excised specimens.