BACKGROUND: Low rectal cancers situated less than 5 cm from the anal margin are still usually treated with abdomino-perineal excision (APE). Our aim is to compare the quality of life (QOL) of five-year survivors treated for low or very low rectal cancer with an advanced/complex coloanal procedure with the QOL of patients submitted to a standard APE with a definitive abdominal stoma. METHODS: Sixty-two patients, operated on radically for low or very low rectal cancer, who came for their fifth year follow-up visit and were free from cancer, were studied. Thirty patients (group 1) had an APE with permanent abdominal stoma. Thirty-two patients (group 2) had undergone a radical advanced and complex procedure to avoid the abdominal stoma. The patients received the European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QOL-30 generic and the CR38 colorectal cancer QOL questionnaires with the recommendation to return the questionnaire to the hospital. The Mann-Whitney U-test and chi (2) Fisher test were employed for statistical analysis. RESULTS: All questionnaires were returned. Patients without a terminal abdominal stoma had a better score in six categories of the QOL 30 and in two categories of the CR38. No differences were observed in the other variables examined. CONCLUSIONS: After five years, cancer-free patients operated on for low or very low rectal cancer have a better QOL if a definitive terminal abdominal stoma was avoided.

Quality of life among five-year survivors after treatment for very low rectal cancer with or without a permanent abdominal stoma / C.Fucini; R.Gattai; C.Urena; L.Bandettini; C.Elbetti. - In: ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 1068-9265. - STAMPA. - 15:(2008), pp. 1099-1106. [10.1245/s10434-007-9748-2]

Quality of life among five-year survivors after treatment for very low rectal cancer with or without a permanent abdominal stoma

FUCINI, CLAUDIO;GATTAI, RICCARDO;BANDETTINI, LUCA;
2008

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Low rectal cancers situated less than 5 cm from the anal margin are still usually treated with abdomino-perineal excision (APE). Our aim is to compare the quality of life (QOL) of five-year survivors treated for low or very low rectal cancer with an advanced/complex coloanal procedure with the QOL of patients submitted to a standard APE with a definitive abdominal stoma. METHODS: Sixty-two patients, operated on radically for low or very low rectal cancer, who came for their fifth year follow-up visit and were free from cancer, were studied. Thirty patients (group 1) had an APE with permanent abdominal stoma. Thirty-two patients (group 2) had undergone a radical advanced and complex procedure to avoid the abdominal stoma. The patients received the European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QOL-30 generic and the CR38 colorectal cancer QOL questionnaires with the recommendation to return the questionnaire to the hospital. The Mann-Whitney U-test and chi (2) Fisher test were employed for statistical analysis. RESULTS: All questionnaires were returned. Patients without a terminal abdominal stoma had a better score in six categories of the QOL 30 and in two categories of the CR38. No differences were observed in the other variables examined. CONCLUSIONS: After five years, cancer-free patients operated on for low or very low rectal cancer have a better QOL if a definitive terminal abdominal stoma was avoided.
2008
15
1099
1106
C.Fucini; R.Gattai; C.Urena; L.Bandettini; C.Elbetti
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