OBJECTIVES: Brachytherapy is increasingly used as a treatment for localized prostate cancer but information regarding long-term, postimplantation, patient-reported sexual health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) is scant. Neoadjuvant hormonal therapy is commonly administered with brachytherapy, yet its potentially adverse effects on subsequent sexual health have not been described using a validated HRQOL instrument. We used a validated HRQOL survey to characterize the significance of neoadjuvant hormonal therapy and other baseline factors on postimplantation sexual function and impairment. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey using the expanded prostate cancer index composite HRQOL instrument was administered to all 114 localized prostate cancer patients who underwent ultrasound-guided, transperineal brachytherapy during a 4-year period and to 142 age-matched control men. Multivariable models measured the association of baseline factors and covariates with postimplantation sexual HRQOL. RESULTS: Older age (P = 0.01) and neoadjuvant hormonal therapy (P = 0.009) were independently associated with diminished sexual HRQOL after prostate brachytherapy. Among patients younger than 69 years old, 33% reported at least fair sexual function after brachytherapy alone compared with 19% of men after brachytherapy with neoadjuvant hormonal therapy. Of the age-matched control men younger than 69 years old, 78% reported at least fair sexual function. Among patients older than 69 years, 26% reported at least fair sexual function after brachytherapy alone compared with 5% after brachytherapy with neoadjuvant hormonal therapy, and 61% of age-matched controls reported at least fair sexual function. CONCLUSIONS: Patient age and neoadjuvant hormonal therapy are independent, significant determinants of sexual HRQOL after prostate brachytherapy. These factors should be taken into consideration when counseling patients with localized prostate cancer regarding the expected, postimplantation sexual HRQOL outcome.
OBJECTIVES: Brachytherapy is increasingly used as a treatment for localized prostate cancer but information regarding long-term, postimplantation, patient-reported sexual health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) is scant. Neoadjuvant hormonal therapy is commonly administered with brachytherapy, yet its potentially adverse effects on subsequent sexual health have not been described using a validated HRQOL instrument. We used a validated HRQOL survey to characterize the significance of neoadjuvant hormonal therapy and other baseline factors on postimplantation sexual function and impairment. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey using the expanded prostate cancer index composite HRQOL instrument was administered to all 114 localized prostate cancerpatients who underwent ultrasound-guided, transperineal brachytherapy during a 4-year period and to 142 age-matched control men. Multivariable models measured the association of baseline factors and covariates with postimplantation sexual HRQOL. RESULTS: Older age (P = 0.01) and neoadjuvant hormonal therapy (P = 0.009) were independently associated with diminished sexual HRQOL after prostate brachytherapy. Among patients younger than 69 years old, 33% reported at least fair sexual function after brachytherapy alone compared with 19% of men after brachytherapy with neoadjuvant hormonal therapy. Of the age-matched control men younger than 69 years old, 78% reported at least fair sexual function. Among patients older than 69 years, 26% reported at least fair sexual function after brachytherapy alone compared with 5% after brachytherapy with neoadjuvant hormonal therapy, and 61% of age-matched controls reported at least fair sexual function. CONCLUSIONS:Patient age and neoadjuvant hormonal therapy are independent, significant determinants of sexual HRQOL after prostate brachytherapy. These factors should be taken into consideration when counseling patients with localized prostate cancer regarding the expected, postimplantation sexual HRQOL outcome.
Authors: Hiram Alberto Gay; Jeff M Michalski; Daniel A Hamstra; John T Wei; Rodney L Dunn; Eric A Klein; Howard M Sandler; Chris Saigal; Mark Litwin; Deborah Kuban; Larry Hembroff; Peter Chang; Martin G Sanda Journal: Urology Date: 2013-10-16 Impact factor: 2.649
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