Evidence-Based Recommendations for Local-Regional Control of Gastric Cancer

Hundahl, Scott A.

doi:10.1081/cnv-58885

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“…When planning the extent of a resection, the first requirement is to ensure that the tumor is completely removed, and the surgeon should consider the tumor characteristics such as stage, tumor progress or site [3][4][5]. However, since mortality and complications associated with surgery have been reduced and the number of stomach cancer survivors is increasing [6,7], more attention should be directed to postoperative morbidity and quality of life (QOL) [1,[6][7][8][9]].…”

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Health-related quality of life among disease-free stomach cancer survivors in Korea

Bae

Kim

et al. 2006

Qual Life Res

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Previous studies about the quality of life (QOL) in stomach cancer survivors focused on selected clinical parameters and did not consider the broader implications for overall health and QOL. We evaluated the impact of demographic and treatment-related factors on the QOL of stomach cancer survivors. We asked 391 stage I-III stomach cancer survivors who had been disease-free for at least 1 year after surgery to complete a demographic questionnaire, the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30 questionnaire, and its stomach module, QLQ-STO22.Survivors undergoing total gastrectomy reported greater eating restrictions than those undergoing subtotal gastrectomy. Receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy did not significantly affect any QLQ-C30 or QLQ-STO22 scores. Role and emotional functioning improved with increasing age, and stomach-specific symptoms (pain, eating restrictions, and anxiety) lessened. Compared with female survivors, male survivors had better physical and role functioning. Smoking status was also a significant negative predictor of physical functioning and anxiety. Comorbidities and selected demographic characteristics had a greater effect than type of treatment on the QOL of post-operative stomach cancer patients.

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