Optimizing risk stratification for intermediate-risk prostate cancer – the prognostic value of baseline health-related quality of life
We found baseline HRQOL to substantially improve risk stratification for the heterogeneous cohort of IR-PCa. Baseline HRQOL accurately predicts increased MFS, BRFS and OS. Our findings therefore support the role of preoperative HRQOL as an adjunct to established prognosticators for IR-PCa, potentially facilitating guidance of therapy.
Authors
- Friedrich Jokisch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0339-2655)
- Lennert Eismann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9971-4411)
- Can Aydogdu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1486-183X)
- Elena Berg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0090-796X)
- Simon Lennartz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3254-4809)
- Philipp M. Kazmierczak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0071-1665)
- Severin Rodler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7600-6535)
- Alexander Kretschmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6511-4354)
- Christian Georg Stief (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3291-9460)
- Thilo Westhofen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3812-5485)
- Alexander Büchner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7895-7070)
- Darjusch Askari-Motlagh
- Enya Feyerabend
- Armin Becker
Institutions
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Urology
- Published
- 2024-10-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-024-05298-2
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.42