Hélène Martelli1, Paula Borrego2, Florent Guérin3, Julia Boubnova4, Véronique Minard-Colin5, Isabelle Dumas6, Cyrus Chargari7, Christine Haie-Meder7. 1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Bicetre Hospital, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France. Electronic address: helene.martelli@aphp.fr. 2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, CHU de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France. 3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Bicetre Hospital, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France. 4. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hôpital La Timone, APHM, Marseille, France. 5. Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Oncology, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France. 6. Department of Physics, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France. 7. Department of Brachytherapy, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to report the long-term results of a conservative local treatment of male patients with bladder-prostate rhabdomyosarcoma (BPRMS) focusing on their outcome and quality of life (QoL). METHODS AND MATERIALS: From 1991 to 2007, 27 male patients were treated by a single team, according to the ongoing European protocols. Surgical procedure was partial cystectomy or partial prostatectomy or both, followed by low-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy. Three patients died of metastases and two were excluded; 22 patients, who were long-term survivors with their bladder, received a QoL questionnaire derived from the International Workshop on BPRMS. Urodynamic studies were performed when patients had abnormal continence. RESULTS: Median age at surgery was 24 months (14 months-11 years). Median followup after surgery was 10 years (5-21 years); 18 male patients (77%) completed the questionnaire at a median age of 13 years (7-25 years); 13 considered themselves as having a normal QoL, with normal urinary continence (9 of 13) or very rare diurnal dribbling (4 of 13). Four male patients had frequent diurnal dribbling requiring protection for three of them and one was submitted to intermittent catheterism for a postoperative neurogenic bladder. Urodynamic studies were performed in 11 patients with urinary disturbance, often revealing detrusor sphincter dyssynergia. All pubertal patients considered themselves as having normal erections. Three sexually active patients reported having satisfying sex and orgasms. Two patients had normal ejaculations. CONCLUSIONS: The majority of long-term male survivors (76%) within this cohort considered themselves as having a normal QoL after the combined conservative local treatment of their BPRMS.
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to report the long-term results of a conservative local treatment of male patients with bladder-prostate rhabdomyosarcoma (BPRMS) focusing on their outcome and quality of life (QoL). METHODS AND MATERIALS: From 1991 to 2007, 27 male patients were treated by a single team, according to the ongoing European protocols. Surgical procedure was partial cystectomy or partial prostatectomy or both, followed by low-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy. Three patients died of metastases and two were excluded; 22 patients, who were long-term survivors with their bladder, received a QoL questionnaire derived from the International Workshop on BPRMS. Urodynamic studies were performed when patients had abnormal continence. RESULTS: Median age at surgery was 24 months (14 months-11 years). Median followup after surgery was 10 years (5-21 years); 18 male patients (77%) completed the questionnaire at a median age of 13 years (7-25 years); 13 considered themselves as having a normal QoL, with normal urinary continence (9 of 13) or very rare diurnal dribbling (4 of 13). Four male patients had frequent diurnal dribbling requiring protection for three of them and one was submitted to intermittent catheterism for a postoperative neurogenic bladder. Urodynamic studies were performed in 11 patients with urinary disturbance, often revealing detrusor sphincter dyssynergia. All pubertal patients considered themselves as having normal erections. Three sexually activepatients reported having satisfying sex and orgasms. Two patients had normal ejaculations. CONCLUSIONS: The majority of long-term male survivors (76%) within this cohort considered themselves as having a normal QoL after the combined conservative local treatment of their BPRMS.
Authors: Brooke Cherven; Amani Sampson; Sharon L Bober; Kristin Bingen; Natasha Frederick; David R Freyer; Gwendolyn P Quinn Journal: CA Cancer J Clin Date: 2020-12-07 Impact factor: 508.702