Symptom Documentation in Cancer Survivors as a Basis for Therapy Modifications

Steineck, Gunnar; Bergmark, Karin; Henningsohn, Lars; al-Abany, Massoud; Dickman, Paul W.; Helgason, Ásgeir R.

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“…The questionnaire, which had been developed on the basis of successive in-depth interviews with patients and clinicians, was similar to our previously used questionnaires (9)(10)(11) and contained 80 questions. The modules assessed bowel, urinary and sexual functions.…”

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Long-term Symptoms after External Beam Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer with Three or Four Fields

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“…'Potency ' was de ned as an erection 'suf ciently stiff for intercourse most of the time' or better during sexually stimulated erections, night:morning erections or spontaneous erections (10). The level of symptom distress was assessed with a 'verbal' 4-category scale (none:little:moderate:much) (9).…”

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Long-term Symptoms after External Beam Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer with Three or Four Fields

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“…We avoided bias [49] by informing patients that the health care professionals were not aware of the patients' answers. The construction and use of a studyspecific questionnaire has been described previously [4,48]. The face-validation process made sure that the questions and the grading of answers were appropriate for this specific patient group.…”

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One third of patients with radiotherapy-induced nausea consider their antiemetic treatment insufficient

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Objective To describe the prevalence of nausea and vomiting during radiotherapy and to compare quality of life, psychological and functional status in patients experiencing or not experiencing nausea.Materials and methods A cross-sectional selection of 368 cancer patients treated with radiotherapy answered a questionnaire (=93% answering rate) regarding nausea, vomiting, actual use of and interest in antiemetic treatment, quality of life and psychological and functional status during the preceding week of radiotherapy. Mean age was 60 years and 66% were women. Main results Nausea was experienced by 39% (145) and vomiting by 7% (28) of patients in general, by 63% in abdominal or pelvic fields and by 48% in head/neck/brain fields. Abdominal/pelvic field (Relative risk (RR) 2.0), age ≤40 years (RR 1.9) and previous nausea in other situations (RR 1.8) implied an increased risk for nausea. Antiemetics were used by 17% and 78% were interested in or wanted more information about acupuncture treatment against nausea. Of the 145 nauseous patients only 25% felt that antiemetics had helped them and 34% would have liked additional treatment, although the nausea intensity was mild in 72%. The nauseous patients reported lower well-being and quality of life, lower satisfaction with aspects of daily living and more frequent anxiety and depressed mood than the patients without nausea. Conclusions Of all patients undergoing radiotherapy, 39% experienced nausea and one third of them would have liked more treatment against the nausea. This study stresses the importance to identify and adequately treat patients with increased risk for nausea related to radiotherapy.

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“…All CRFs and questionnaires were administered and collected by the trial secretariat, which monitored the centers regularly [2]. The patient questionnaires were developed for LAPPRO and employed a clinimetric atomized approach as in 26 previous questionnaires developed by our group, including one randomized controlled trial evaluating the effects of radical prostatectomy [6][7][8][9][10][11]. The questionnaires were based on our previously developed questionnaires for similar patient groups [6,11].…”

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Preparedness for side effects and bother in symptomatic men after radical prostatectomy in a prospective, non-randomized trial, LAPPRO

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on behalf of the LAPPRO steering committee (2016) Preparedness for side effects and bother in symptomatic men after radical prostatectomy in a prospective, non-randomized trial, LAPPRO, Acta Oncologica, 55:12, 1467-1476, DOI: 10.1080 Background: Many clinicians believe that preparedness before surgery for possible post-surgery side effects reduces the level of bother experienced from urinary incontinence and decreased sexual health after surgery. There are no published studies evaluating this belief. Therefore, we aimed to study the level of preparedness before radical prostatectomy and the level of bother experienced from urinary incontinence and decreased sexual health after surgery. Material and methods: We prospectively collected data from a non-selected group of men undergoing radical prostatectomy in 14 centers between 2008 and 2011. Before surgery, we asked about preparedness for surgery-induced urinary problems and decreased sexual health. One year after surgery, we asked about bother caused by urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction. As a measure of the association between preparedness and bothersomeness we modeled odds ratios (ORs) by means of logistic regression. Results: Altogether 1372 men had urinary incontinence one year after surgery as well as had no urinary leakage or a small urinary dribble before surgery. Among these men, low preparedness was associated with bother resulting from urinary incontinence [OR 2.84; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.59-5.10]. In a separate analysis of 1657 men we found a strong association between preparedness for decreased sexual health and experiencing bother from erectile dysfunction (OR 5.92;. Conclusion: In this large-sized prospective trial, we found that preparedness before surgery for urinary problems or sexual side effects decreases bother from urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction one year after surgery.

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Symptom Documentation in Cancer Survivors as a Basis for Therapy Modifications

Cited by 114 publications

References 51 publications

Long-term Symptoms after External Beam Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer with Three or Four Fields

Long-term Symptoms after External Beam Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer with Three or Four Fields

One third of patients with radiotherapy-induced nausea consider their antiemetic treatment insufficient

Preparedness for side effects and bother in symptomatic men after radical prostatectomy in a prospective, non-randomized trial, LAPPRO

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