Paul C Dinh, Patrick O Monahan, Sophie D Fosså, Howard D Sesso, Darren R Feldman, M Eileen Dolan, Kathryn Nevel, John Kincaid, David J Vaughn, Neil E Martin, Victoria A Sanchez, Lawrence H Einhorn, Robert Frisina, Chunkit Fung, Kurt Kroenke, Lois B Travis
PURPOSE: No study has quantified the impact of pain and other adverse health outcomes (AHOs) on global physical/mental health in long-term U.S. testicular cancer survivors (TCS) or evaluated patient-reported functional impairment due to pain. METHODS: TCS given cisplatin-based chemotherapy completed validated surveys, including PROMIS-v1.2 Global-Physical-and-Mental-Health, PROMIS pain questionnaires, and others. Multivariable linear regression examined relationships between 25 AHOs with Global-Physical (GPH) and Mental-Health (GMH) scores, and Pain-Interference Scores...
November 15, 2023: Journal of the National Cancer Institute