Christian Corsini, Oskar Bergengren, Stefan Carlsson, Hans Garmo, Marie Hjelm-Eriksson, Per Fransson, Jon Kindblom, David Robinson, Marcus Westerberg, Pär Stattin, Sigrid V Carlsson
BACKGROUND: Data on functional and psychological side effects following curative treatment for prostate cancer are lacking from large, contemporary, unselected, population-based cohorts. OBJECTIVE: To assess urinary symptoms, bowel disturbances, erectile dysfunction (ED), and quality of life (QoL) 12 mo after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) and radiotherapy (RT) using patient-reported outcome measures in the Swedish prostate cancer database. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This was a nationwide, population-based, cohort study in Sweden of men who underwent primary RARP or RT between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2020...
January 16, 2024: European Urology Oncology