Quality of life and fear of cancer recurrence in T1 colorectal cancer patients treated with endoscopic or surgical tumor resection
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2019-03
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Dang, Hao
de Vos Tot Nederveen Cappel, Wouter H
van der Zwaan, Sarita M S
van den Akker-van Marle, M Elske
van Westreenen, Henderik L
Backes, Yara
Moons, Leon M G
Holman, Fabian A
Peeters, Koen C M J
van der Kraan, Jolein
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: To optimize therapeutic decision-making in early invasive colorectal cancer (T1 CRC) patients, it is important to elicit the patient's perspective next to considering medical outcome. Because empirical data on patient-reported impact of different treatment options are lacking, we evaluated patients' quality of life, perceived time to recovery, and fear of cancer recurrence after endoscopic or surgical treatment for T1 CRC. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, we selected patients with histologically confirmed T1 CRC who participated in the Dutch Bowel Cancer Screening Programme and received endoscopic or surgical treatment between January 2014 and July 2017. Quality of life was measured using the European Organization for Research and Treatment 30-item Core Quality of Life Questionnaire and the 5-level EuroQoL 5-dimension questionnaire. We used the Cancer Worry Scale (CWS) to evaluate patients' fear of cancer recurrence. A question on perceived time to recovery after treatment was also included in the set of questionnaires sent to patients. RESULTS: Of all 119 eligible patients, 92.4% responded to the questionnaire (endoscopy group, 55/62; surgery group, 55/57). Compared with the surgery group, perceived time to recovery was on average 3 months shorter in endoscopically treated patients after adjustment for confounders (19.9 days vs 111.3 days; P = .001). The 2 treatment groups were comparable with regard to global quality of life, functioning domains, and symptom severity scores. Moreover, patients in the endoscopy group did not report more fear of cancer recurrence than those in the surgery group (CWS score, 0-40; endoscopy 7.6 vs surgery 9.7; P = .140). CONCLUSIONS: From the patient's perspective, endoscopic treatment provides a quicker recovery than surgery, without provoking more fear of cancer recurrence or any deterioration in quality of life. These results contribute to the shared therapeutic decision-making process of clinicians and T1 CRC patients.
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Aged, Carcinoma/pathology, Clinical Decision-Making, Colonoscopy/methods, Colorectal Neoplasms/pathology, Convalescence/psychology, Cross-Sectional Studies, Digestive System Surgical Procedures/methods, Fear/psychology, Female, Humans, Linear Models, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/psychology, Neoplasm Staging, Quality of Life/psychology, Time Factors, Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery/methods, Taverne, Gastroenterology, Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Journal Article
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Dang, H, de Vos Tot Nederveen Cappel, W H, van der Zwaan, S M S, van den Akker-van Marle, M E, van Westreenen, H L, Backes, Y, Moons, L M G, Holman, F A, Peeters, K C M J, van der Kraan, J, Langers, A M J, Lijfering, W M, Hardwick, J C H & Boonstra, J J 2019, 'Quality of life and fear of cancer recurrence in T1 colorectal cancer patients treated with endoscopic or surgical tumor resection', Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, vol. 89, no. 3, pp. 533-544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2018.09.026