title: Definitive radiotherapy with adjuvant long-term antiandrogen treatment for locally advanced prostate cancer: health-related quality of life and hormonal changes.
abstract: We assessed self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and longitudinal changes in sex hormones among 86 prostate cancer (PCa) patients without distant metastases 5 years after radiotherapy (RT) combined with ongoing antiandrogen (AA) treatment. HRQoL outcomes were compared with scores from age-matched controls without a cancer diagnosis (NORM). Compared with NORM, patients scored statistically (P<0.05) and clinically (effect size >or=0.4) lower on sexual domains, and statistically (P<0.05) lower on physical function and vitality. Estimated free testosterone and measured serum estradiol had increased from baseline in most patients, but did not correlate with HRQoL outcomes 5 years after the start of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Faculty Division the Norwegian Radium Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. arne.berg@radiumhospitalet.no
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Dahl
authors.forename: Ø S
authors.initials: ØS
authors.lastname: Bruland
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bjøro
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Aanensen
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Fosså
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000726:Androgen Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011788:Quality of Life
chemical_list: D000726:Androgen Antagonists; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen