title: [Evaluation on the quality of life among cardiac carcinoma cases--fifteen years after surgical treatment].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate factors affecting the quality of life among long-term survivors after resection of cardiac carcinoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Follow-up study on the quality of life among 68 cases with carcinoma of the cardia who survived over 15 years postoperatively in our hospital, was conducted between January 1996 and June 1998.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results showed that 88.2% of the patients had a high sense of well-being, 86.8% of them were able to eat ordinary food, 64.7% of them could carry on regular work as well as physical labor. 89.7% of the patients were satisfied with their quality of life and 77.9% of them felt excellent.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The postoperative mental status and the occurrence of long-term complications in digestive tract played an important roles in affecting the quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Shanxi Provincial Tumor Hospitl, Taiyuan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002299:Cardia / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011788:Quality of Life; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires