Long‐term quality of life among Dutch prostate cancer survivors ; Results of a population‐based study

Abstract BACKGROUND. In this report, the authors describe the health‐related quality of life (HRQL) of long‐term prostate cancer survivors 5 to 10 years after diagnosis and compare it with the HRQL of an age‐matched, normative sample of the general Dutch population. METHODS. The population‐based Eindhoven Cancer Registry was used to select all men who were diagnosed with prostate cancer from 1994 to 1998. Nine hundred sixty‐four patients received questionnaires (the 36‐item Short Form Health Survey [SF‐36] and the Quality of Life‐Cancer Survivors questionnaire), and 780 of 964 patients respond... Mehr ...