Trial reportBritish journal of cancer2013
The effects of multidisciplinary rehabilitation: RePCa-a randomised study among primary prostate cancer patients.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Do Patients with Prostate Cancer Benefit from Exercise Interventions? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of radiation therapy on the structure and function of the pelvic floor muscles of patients with cancer in the pelvic area: a systematic review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2016Pooled it
- Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Randomised controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness of the symptom management after radiotherapy (SMaRT) group intervention to ameliorate lower urinary tract symptoms in men treated for prostate cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Trial
- Long-term follow-up 3 years after a randomized rehabilitation study among radiated prostate cancer survivors.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2021Trial
- Psychological nursing approach on anxiety and depression of patients with severe urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy - a pilot study.The Journal of international medical research · 2019Trial
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- Socioeconomic and Geographic Disparities in Anorectal and Urinary Procedures Following Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
- Supportive care interventions for men with urological cancers: a scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- The influence of lifestyle changes (diet, exercise and stress reduction) on prostate cancer tumour biology and patient outcomes: A systematic review.BJUI compass · 2023Review
- GI factors, potential to predict prostate motion during radiotherapy; a scoping review.Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2023Article
- Exercise interventions for adults with cancer receiving radiation therapy alone.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- Impact of Physical Exercise Program Interventions on Erectile Function and Cardiovascular Health in Males with Prostate Cancer.The world journal of men's health · 2022Review
- Management of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms after Prostate Radiation.Current urology reports · 2021Review
- Can radiation-induced lower urinary tract disease be ameliorated in patients treated for pelvic organ cancer: ICI-RS 2019?Neurourology and urodynamics · 2020Review
- Diet and lifestyle considerations for patients with prostate cancer.Urologic oncology · 2020Review
- The Interplay between Vascular Function and Sexual Health in Prostate Cancer: The Potential Benefits of Exercise Training.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Integrative review on the non-invasive management of lower urinary tract symptoms in men following treatments for pelvic malignancies.International journal of clinical practice · 2015Review
- Pelvic floor muscle function is an independent predictor of outcome after retrourethral transobturator male sling procedure.World journal of urology · 2015Article
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe objective of this study is the effectiveness of multidisciplinary rehabilitation on treatment-related adverse effects after completed radiotherapy in patients with prostate cancer (PCa).
methodsIn a single-centre oncology unit in Odense, Denmark, 161 PCa patients treated with radiotherapy and androgen deprivation therapy were randomly assigned to either a programme of two nursing counselling sessions and two instructive sessions with a physical therapist (n=79) or to usual care (n=82). Primary outcome was Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC-26) urinary irritative sum-score. Before radiotherapy, pre-intervention 4 weeks after radiotherapy, and after a 20-week intervention, measurements included self-reported disease-specific quality of life (QoL; EPIC-26, including urinary, bowel, sexual, and hormonal symptoms), general QoL (Short-form-12, SF-12), pelvic floor muscle strength (Modified Oxford Scale), and pelvic floor electromyography. Intension-to-treat analyses were made with adjusted linear regression.
resultsThe intervention improved, as compared with controls, urinary irritative sum-score 5.8 point (Cohen's d=0.40; P=0.011), urinary sum-score (d=0.34; P=0.023), hormonal sum-score (d=0.19; P=0.018), and the SF-12 Physical Component Summary, d=0.35; P=0.002. Patients with more severe impairment gained most. Pelvic floor muscle strength measured by electromyography declined in both groups, P=0.0001.
conclusionMultidisciplinary rehabilitation in irradiated PCa patients improved urinary and hormonal symptoms, and SF-12 physical QoL.
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