sodium-ethylxanthate and Carcinoma

Topics: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Carcinoma; Colorectal Neoplasms; Ethnicity; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Sex

Of the estimated 317,000 men in the United States diagnosed with prostate carcinoma in 1996, 57% will have localized disease, and their 5-year relative survival rate will be 98%. Limited information exists on patient-reported quality of life (QOL) and the incidence and severity of treatment-related side effects. The purpose of this study was to identify and compare patients' self-reported QOL and treatment side effects 1-5 years after radical prostatectomy or radiotherapy.. Data collection for this cross-sectional study included a mailed, self-administered survey with three parts: a demographic survey, the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G), and a newly developed Prostate Cancer Treatment Outcome Questionnaire (PCTO-Q). The FACT-G measured the effect of prostate carcinoma on overall QOL in the two treatment groups. The PCTO-Q assessed the patients' perceptions of the incidence and severity of specific changes in bowel, urinary, and sexual functions. The test-retest reliability of the PCTO-Q in a pilot study was 91.2%.. Two hundred seventy-four eligible men completed the questionnaires; 132 (48%) reported having undergone prostatectomy and 142 (52%) reported having undergone radiotherapy. After age adjustment, the radiotherapy group reported more bowel dysfunction (P = 0.001), whereas the prostatectomy group reported more urinary problems (P = 0.03) and more sexual dysfunction (P = 0.001). Scores for the FACT-G were similar in the two treatment groups.. Men undergoing treatment for clinically localized prostate carcinoma continue to experience difficulty long after treatment. In this study, the prostatectomy group fared worse in regard to sexual and urinary functions, whereas the radiotherapy group experienced more bowel dysfunction. Survivor-reported QOL and treatment outcomes can assist physicians in counseling patients in the selection of the preferred course of treatment.

Topics: Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Carcinoma; Counseling; Cross-Sectional Studies; Defecation; Demography; Humans; Incidence; Intestinal Diseases; Male; Middle Aged; Pilot Projects; Prostatectomy; Prostatic Neoplasms; Quality of Life; Radiotherapy; Reproducibility of Results; Self-Assessment; Sex; Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological; Survival Rate; Treatment Outcome; Urination; Urologic Diseases

Fifty-one patients who received primary radiation therapy as an alternative to radical mastectomy for the treatment of early breast cancer were studied in depth. They chose radiation therapy to avoid the disfigurement, difficulty with emotional adjustment, and adverse effects on their sexual lives they anticipated from mastectomy. Most of these women (median age 49) were leading active sexual lives in which their breasts play an important role. Their breasts also played an important role in enabling them to feel feminine, attractive, and sexually desirable. Forty-three percent of the patients who had had suicidal ideation because of feelings about breast cancer no longer were troubled by suicidal thoughts after learning about primary radiation therapy and the fact that they would not have to have a mastectomy. Recent reports that radiation therapy causes more psychic distress than other forms of cancer treatment appear to be incorrect in this particular population.

Topics: Adult; Aged; Body Image; Breast; Breast Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Female; Gender Identity; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Mastectomy; Middle Aged; Sex; Suicide

Topics: Adenocarcinoma; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aging; Australia; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Lung Neoplasms; Lymphatic Metastasis; Male; Mass Screening; Middle Aged; Radiography; Sex

Topics: Adenocarcinoma, Papillary; Adenoma; Adult; Aged; Black or African American; Carcinoma; Ethnology; Female; Humans; Hyperparathyroidism; Louisiana; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; Parathyroid Neoplasms; Postoperative Complications; Sex; Thyroid Neoplasms; Thyroidectomy; White People

Topics: Aged; Carcinoma; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Metastasis; Penile Neoplasms; Phimosis; Sex; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus; Vulvar Neoplasms

Topics: Adult; Aged; Breast Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Castration; Diethylstilbestrol; Fibrosarcoma; Humans; Male; Melanoma; Middle Aged; Palliative Care; Sex

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aging; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; Child; Female; Hemoglobinometry; Humans; Leukocyte Count; Liver Function Tests; Liver Neoplasms; Male; Middle Aged; Sex; Taiwan

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Agglutination Tests; Aging; Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; Asthma; Carcinoma; Cerebral Hemorrhage; Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Fractures, Bone; Geography; Humans; Latex Fixation Tests; Male; Parkinson Disease; Rheumatoid Factor; Sex; Statistics as Topic

Topics: 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids; 17-Ketosteroids; Adolescent; Adrenal Gland Neoplasms; Adult; Aged; Antineoplastic Agents; Black or African American; Carcinoma; Child; Child, Preschool; Cushing Syndrome; Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Metastasis; Sex; White People

Topics: Animals; Benz(a)Anthracenes; Carcinoma; Castration; Diethylstilbestrol; Female; Male; Methylthiouracil; Neoplasms, Experimental; Rats; Salivary Gland Neoplasms; Sarcoma; Sex; Thyroxine

Topics: Adenocarcinoma; Asian People; Black People; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Carcinoma, Transitional Cell; Chordoma; Ethnology; Geriatrics; Lymphatic Metastasis; Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms; Neoplasms; New York; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Sarcoma; Sex; Surgical Procedures, Operative

Topics: Adenocarcinoma; Adolescent; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Ethnology; Fibrosarcoma; Geriatrics; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Lymphatic Metastasis; Lymphoma; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms; Neoplasms; Plasmacytoma; Radiotherapy Dosage; Sex; Texas

Topics: Carcinoma; Female; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; Mortality; Neoplasms; Pancreatic Neoplasms; Pathology; Sex; Smoking

Topics: Adrenalectomy; Breast; Breast Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Humans; Neoplasm Metastasis; Palliative Care; Sex

Topics: Adrenal Glands; Aging; Animals; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor; Hydrocortisone; Mice; Organ Size; Pharmacology; Research; Sex; Spleen

Topics: ABO Blood-Group System; Adenocarcinoma; Adenocarcinoma, Scirrhous; Blood Group Antigens; Carcinoma; Genetics, Medical; Geriatrics; Neoplasms; Sex; Stomach Neoplasms

Topics: Brain; Brain Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Bronchogenic; Humans; Neoplasm Metastasis; Neoplasms; Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; Prognosis; Sarcoma; Sex

Topics: Canada; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Geriatrics; Humans; Lip Neoplasms; Lymph Node Excision; Neoplasm Metastasis; Neoplasms; Sex

Topics: Adenocarcinoma; Aging; Air Pollution; Bronchial Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Bronchogenic; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Germany; Germany, West; Humans; Neoplasms; Occupations; Sex; Smoking

Topics: Aging; Carcinoma; Cobalt Isotopes; Esophageal Neoplasms; Neoplasm Metastasis; Neoplasms; Prognosis; Radioisotope Teletherapy; Radiotherapy Dosage; Sex

Topics: Alaska; Carcinoma; Esophageal Neoplasms; Female; Humans; Inuit; Neoplasms; Sex

Topics: Adenocarcinoma; Antineoplastic Agents; Bronchi; Bronchial Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Bronchogenic; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Connecticut; Geriatrics; Lung Neoplasms; Neoplasms; Sex; Surgical Procedures, Operative

Topics: Adolescent; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Papillary; Child; Geriatrics; Humans; Lymph Node Excision; Neck Dissection; Neoplasm Metastasis; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; Neoplasms; Sex; Thyroid Neoplasms; Thyroidectomy

Topics: Aging; Carcinoma; Geriatrics; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; Neoplasms; Palliative Care; Radiotherapy Dosage; Sex; Technology, Radiologic

Topics: Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Humans; Neoplasm Metastasis; Neoplasms; Norway; Radium; Sex; Tongue; Tongue Neoplasms

Topics: Animals; Ascites; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor; Sex; Sex Characteristics

Topics: Adenocarcinoma; Bronchial Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Bronchogenic; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Female; Humans; Sex; Smoking; Statistics as Topic

Topics: Adenocarcinoma; Aging; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Classification; Gastrectomy; Geriatrics; Humans; Japan; Neoplasm Metastasis; Neoplasms, Second Primary; Pathology; Sex; Stomach Neoplasms

Topics: Aging; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Basal Cell; Humans; Japan; Neoplasms; Pathology; Sex; Skin Neoplasms; Sunlight

Topics: Carcinoma; Humans; Laryngeal Neoplasms; Larynx; Lung Neoplasms; Sex; Sex Differentiation

Topics: Biological Products; Carcinoma; Female; Humans; Neoplasms; Parturition; Sex