ArticlePsycho-oncology2013
A population-based study comparing HRQoL among breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors to propensity score matched controls, by cancer type, and gender.
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 77 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review of sleep and sleep disorders among prostate cancer patients and caregivers: a call to action for using validated sleep assessments during prostate cancer care.Sleep medicine · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Literature Review and Head-to-Head Comparison of Social Support and Social Constraint in Relation to the Psychological Functioning of Cancer Survivors.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2020Pooled it
- High-intensity exercise interventions in cancer survivors: a systematic review exploring the impact on health outcomes.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2018Pooled it
- Toward the optimal strategy for sustained weight loss in overweight cancer survivors: a systematic review of the literature.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2017Pooled it
- Quality of life among colorectal cancer survivors participating in a pilot randomized controlled trial of a web-based dietary intervention with text messages.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Trial
- Short- and long-term effect of high versus low-to-moderate intensity exercise to optimise health-related quality of life after oncological treatment-results from the Phys-Can project.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Trial
- A randomized dose-response trial of aerobic exercise and health-related quality of life in colon cancer survivors.Psycho-oncology · 2018Trial
- Concerns about the consequences of cancer predisposition and relationships with quality of life in young adults with Li-Fraumeni syndrome.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2026Article
- Quality of life, healthcare usage and finances of UK cancer survivors five years post-diagnosis: a matched controlled study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
- Factors associated with health-related quality of life in survivors of childhood-onset and adult-onset cancer compared to controls.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Predictors of impaired quality of life among colorectal cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2025Article
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- The Burden of Colorectal Cancer Treatment on Quality of Life: A Paired Longitudinal Analysis of Medicare Advantage Enrollees.Journal of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- Health-related quality of life among prostate cancer survivors with metastatic disease and non-metastatic disease and men without a cancer history in the USA.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Colorectal Cancer and Quality of Life: A Medicare Advantage Study by Race, Ethnicity, and Language.Journal of surgical oncology · 2025Observational
- The intersection between pre-existing disability and cancer-survivorship: A narrative review.Health promotion perspectives · 2025Review
- Diet and physical activity behaviors: how are they related to illness perceptions, coping, and health-related quality of life in young people with hereditary cancer syndromes?Journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- Health-related quality of life among cancer survivors: pre-existing chronic conditions are to be given priority.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Cancer survivors' health behaviors and outcomes: a population-based study of sexual and gender minorities.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2023Article
- Risk Factors of Health-Related Quality of Life among Gastrointestinal Cancer Survivors in the U.S.: With a Focus on Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health (SBDH).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundObjectives were to compare health-related quality of life (HRQoL) between breast cancer survivors, prostate cancer survivors (PCS), and colorectal cancer survivors (CCS) to matched controls, stratified by short and long-term survivors, by cancer type, and gender.
methodsBy using the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, propensity scores matched three controls to adult survivors >1 year past diagnosis (N = 11,964) on age, gender, race/ethnicity, income, insurance status, and region of the USA Chi-square tests and logistic regression models compared HRQoL outcomes (life satisfaction, activity limitations, sleep quality, emotional support, general, physical, and mental health).
resultsAlthough all cancer survivors reported worse general health (p < 0.000) and more activity limitations (p < 0.004) than controls, these disparities decreased among long-term survivors. Short-term PCS and male CCS were more likely to report worse outcomes across additional domains of HRQoL than controls, but PCS were 0.61, 0.63, and 0.70 times less likely to report activity limitations, fair/poor general health, and 1-15 bad physical health days in the past month than male CCS. Breast cancer survivors and female CCS were 2.12 and 3.17, 1.58 and 1.86, and 1.49 and 153, respectively, times more likely to report rarely/never receiving needed emotional support, 1-15 bad mental health days in the past month, and not receiving enough sleep 1-15 days in the past month than PCS and male CCS.
conclusionsCancer survivors experience worse HRQoL than similar individuals without a history of cancer and the severity of affected HRQoL domains differ by time since diagnosis, cancer type, and gender.
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