Health-related quality of life, faecal continence and bowel function in rectal cancer patients after chemoradiotherapy followed by radical surgery.

Salvatore Pucciarelli,Paola Del Bianco,Fabio Efficace,Paola Toppan,Samantha Serpentini,Maria Luisa Friso,Sara Lonardi,Gian Luca De Salvo,Donato Nitti

Health-related quality of life, faecal continence and bowel function in rectal cancer patients after chemoradiotherapy followed by radical surgery.

2010

Salvatore Pucciarelli
Paola Del Bianco
Fabio Efficace
Paola Toppan
Samantha Serpentini
Maria Luisa Friso
Sara Lonardi
Gian Luca De Salvo
Donato Nitti

Purpose To evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQOL), faecal continence and bowel function of patients with rectal cancer who underwent preoperative chemoradiotherapy (pCRT) in a cross-sectional setting.

Keywords:

Chemoradiotherapy
Colorectal cancer
Radical surgery
Quality of life
Faecal continence
Medicine
Surgery
Physical therapy
Population
Internal medicine
Constipation
Oncology
Enema

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