[Quality of life after localized prostate cancer treatment].
Patients treated for a prostate cancer and their partners agree to classify importance of quality of life domains as follow: first sexual life, vitality, irritative and obstructive urinary tract symptoms, urinary incontinence and bowel function. Each first line treatment of prostate cancer (radiotherapy, brachytherapy and surgery) is responsible for a specific quality of life domains modification profile. It is very difficult to predict, for a given patient, the importance of the sequellae and their perception by the patient and the partner. Information, prevention and early treatment of the sequellae allow improving quality of life.
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Service d'Urologie-Andrologie, CHU de Nîmes, Place du Professeur Robert Debré, 30000 Nîmes, Université Montpellier 1, France.
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000209:etiology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology