Quality of Life Following Radical Prostatectomy

Stanford University888 enrolled

Overview

This study will utilize the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite questionnaire to learn what impact the surgery has upon the participant's sense of health, sexual and urinary quality of life.

To define impact on quality of life issues for patients undergoing radical prostatectomy. This study will distribute a questionnaire to patients who are being scheduled for radical prostatectomy, both before and after surgery, to assess the impact on quality of life issues. This will provide important information regarding the temporal return of issues pertaining to quality of life.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

888

Conditions

Prostatic Neoplasms Prostate Cancer

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: \- Patients scheduled to undergo radical prostatectomy at Stanford Exclusion Criteria: \- Patients treated with neoadjuvant or adjuvant hormonal therapy or radiation therapy

Locations (1)

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, California, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

urinary and bowel habits

Time frame: before and after surgery

sexual and hormonal index as self-reported in the questionnaires

Time frame: before and after surgery

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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