Long-Term Quality of Life Following Transthoracic and Transhiatal Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impact of transthoracic (TTE) and transhiatal esophagectomy (THE) on long-term health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in patients with distal esophageal or gastro-esophageal junction (GEJ) cancer has been studied with variable results. This study investigates long-term HR-QoL in patients having undergone TTE or THE.

Methods

Disease-free patients after TTE or THE for distal esophageal or GEJ cancer with a follow-up > 2 years were included. Patients who visited the outpatient clinic of a tertiary referral center between 2014 and 2018 were asked to complete EORTC-QLQ-C30 and EORTC-QLQ-OG25 questionnaires. Uni- and multivariable linear regression analysis of HR-QoL was performed in all patients and in subgroups of minimally invasive esophagectomy and neoadjuvant

SUBMITTER: Jezerskyte E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8275507 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature