ArticleBMC cancer2015
Health related quality of life after oesophagectomy: elderly patients refer similar eating and swallowing difficulties than younger patients.
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- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Patient Experiences of Oesophageal Cancer Survivorship After Oesophagectomy.Psycho-oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Patient-reported outcomes of the prognostic nutritional index for resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
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- Quality of Life and Independent Factors Associated with Poor Digestive Function after Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy.Cancers · 2023Article
- Effect of Intrathoracic or Cervical Anastomosis After Esophagectomy on Quality of Life.Annals of surgical oncology · 2023Article
- Esophageal Cancer in Elderly Patients, Current Treatment Options and Outcomes; A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis.Cancers · 2021Review
- Health-related quality of life in patients with esophageal cancer or precancerous lesions assessed by EQ-5D: A multicenter cross-sectional study.Thoracic cancer · 2020Article
- Predictors of quality of life among older patients with cancer during treatment.Journal of research in nursing : JRN · 2018Article
- Health-related quality of life of esophageal cancer patients in daily life after treatment: A multicenter cross-sectional study in China.Cancer medicine · 2018Article
- Long-term quality of life after endovac-therapy in anastomotic leakages after esophagectomy.Journal of thoracic disease · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundOesophagectomy for cancer could be safe and worthwhile in selected older patients, but less is known about the effect of oesophagectomy on perceived quality of life of such delicate class of cancer patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of oesophagectomy for cancer in elderly patients in term of health-related quality of life.
methodsWe retrospectively evaluated all consecutive patients who underwent oesophagectomy for cancer at the Surgical Oncology Unit of the Veneto Institute of Oncology between November 2009 and March 2014. Quality of life was evaluated using EORTC C-30 and OES-18 questionnaires at admission, at discharge and 3 months after surgery. Adjusted multivariable linear mixed effect models were estimated to assess mean score differences (MDs) of selected aspects in older (≥70 years) and younger (<70 years) patients.
resultsAmong 109 participating patients, 23 (21.1 %) were at least 70 years old and 86 (78.9 %) were younger than 70 years. Global quality of life was clinically similar between older and younger patients over time (MD 4.4). Older patients reported clinically and statistically significantly worse swallowing saliva (MD 17.4, 95 % C.I. 3.6 to 31.2), choking when swallowing (MD 13.8, 95 % C.I. 5.8 to 21.8) and eating difficulties (MD 20.1 95 % C.I. 7.4 to 32.8) than younger patients only at admission.
conclusionsEarly health-related quality of life perception after surgery resulted comparable in older and younger patients. This result may also be due to some predisposition of the elderly to adapt to the new status.
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