Quality of life in cancer patients treated by chemotherapy.
Many studies connected with different aspects of the quality of life (QL) have been increasingly reported. In this study we have been used FACT questionnaire to estimate QL in three groups of cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Questionnaires were completed by 177 patients. Adverse effects of treatment severely influence the cancer patients QL. The most significant worsening of QL was noticed in the group of lung cancer patients receiving the most emetogenic chemotherapy(i.e. cis-platinum, vepesid). In other two groups (gastric and colorectal cancer patients) side effects of chemotherapy caused relatively less QL deterioration. This finding implicates possibility of intensifying the course of treatment (dosage and duration) assuming there is no hematopoetic insufficiency.
Clinic of Internal Diseases and Oncological Chemotherapy Silesian Medical Academy, Katowice, Poland. pskm@polbox.com
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D015251:Epirubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005047:Etoposide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D002955:Leucovorin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D015251:Epirubicin; D005047:Etoposide; D002945:Cisplatin; D002955:Leucovorin; D005472:Fluorouracil