Areas to improve quality of life after ovarian tumor surgery and adjuvant treatment

Arturas Dobilas; Louise Moberg; Christer Borgfeldt

doi:10.21873/INVIVO.12517

Areas to improve quality of life after ovarian tumor surgery and adjuvant treatment

Arturas Dobilas, Louise Moberg, Christer Borgfeldt

Skåne University Hospital

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Background/Aim: To evaluate quality of life (QoL) in women treated for ovarian tumors one year after laparotomy. Patients and Methods: The validated quality of life questionnaires (EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-OV28) were sent to women who had undergone laparotomy due to ovarian tumors 12 months after surgery. The answers were analyzed and grouped according to the ovarian tumor histology (benign, borderline and cancer). Results: A total of 621 patients (87.5% out of 710) agreed to participate in the study. Ovarian cancer patients experienced statistically worse QoL one year after laparotomy in several analyzed parameters, including financial difficulties, compared to patients treated for benign and borderline tumors. Conclusion: Women with ovarian cancer still need further cancer rehabilitation and support one year after diagnosis to improve their QoL. The novel finding was that ovarian cancer patients suffered from financial difficulties even in a free of charge health care system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2399-2408
Number of pages	10
Journal	In Vivo
Volume	35
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21873/INVIVO.12517
Publication status	Published - 2021 Aug 1

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Cancer and Oncology

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Assessment
Ovarian cancer
Patient-reported outcome measurement (PROM)
Quality of life (QoL)
Symptom

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Areas to improve quality of life after ovarian tumor surgery and adjuvant treatment

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