%0 Journal Article
%A Thong, Melissa
%A Jansen, Lina
%A Chang-Claude, Jenny
%A Hoffmeister, Michael
%A Brenner, Hermann
%A Arndt, Volker
%T Association of laparoscopic colectomy versus open colectomy on the long-term health-related quality of life of colon cancer survivors.
%J Surgical endoscopy and other interventional techniques
%V 34
%N 12
%@ 0930-2794
%C Heidelberg]
%I Springer
%M DKFZ-2020-00290
%P 5593-5603
%D 2020
%Z #EA:C071#LA:C071#2020 Dec;34(12):5593-5603ISSN:    0930-2794 (Print)    1432-2218 (Electronic)    0930-2794 (Linking)
%X Laparoscopic colectomy (LC) is a less invasive alternative to open colectomy (OC) in the treatment of stage I-III colon cancer. Research on the long-term (5-year post-diagnosis) health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of LC patients is scarce. Our study aimed to compare the long-term HRQOL and psychological well-being of stage I-III colon cancer survivors treated either with LC or OC.This study used a German population-based cohort of patients treated with either LC (n = 86) or OC (n = 980). LC patients were matched to OC patients using a propensity score. At 5-year follow-up, patients completed assessments on HRQOL (EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-CR29) and psychological well-being (distress and disease/treatment burden). Least square mean scores of HRQOL were derived using linear regression. Proportions of patients with moderate/high distress and disease/treatment burden were compared with Chi-square tests.In total, 81 LC patients were matched to 156 OC patients. Generally, LC patients had HRQOL comparable to OC patients, albeit LC patients reported significantly better body image (87.1 versus 81.0, p = 0.03). Distress levels were generally low and comparable between the two groups, even though LC patients were more likely to experience disease recurrence (16
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%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:31993822
%R 10.1007/s00464-019-07360-2
%U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/153439