Quality of life in patients undergone oncopreventive intravesical treatment for superficial bladder cancer.
Arch Ital Urol Androl. 2007 Dec;79(4):143-6
Authors: Abbona A, Morabito F, Rossi R, Billia M, Liberale F, Ferrando U
OBJECTIVES: Adjuvant intravesical therapy after TURB for superficial bladder cancer forces the patients to follow prolonged protocols of treatment. In our study we considered the quality of life of these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We created a questionnaire of 52 items in order to analyse free time, working activity, sexual-relational activity, compliance and self esteem of patients undergone intravesical adjuvant therapy. We gave the questionnaires to 63 patients and, on the basis of results, we proposed a psychosexual support therapy according to alteration of Quality of Life (Q.o.L). After the therapy we reproposed the same questionnaires in order to establish the utility of this integrated treatment. RESULTS: We found that quality of life was greatly altered by oncopreventive intravesical therapy. We showed results of questionnaires before and after the multidisciplinary therapy. CONCLUSIONS: The analysis of our data confirme the importance of multidisciplinary approach in adjuvant treatment of superficial bladder cancer. The therapy proposed helps the patients to face neoplastic disease.
PMID: 18303728 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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