Patient-reported outcomes after surgery or radiotherapy for localised prostate cancer: a retrospective study.
CONCLUSIONS: We found that RALP and RT were associated with different patterns of complications and patient-reported outcomes. Urinary incontinence was much more prevalent in the patients treated surgically. This may significantly affect patients' quality of life.
PMID: 32245911 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Hong Kong Med J - Category: General Medicine Authors: Ng CF, Kong KY, Li CY, Li JKT, Li NY, Ng BPK, Leung SCH, Hong CYL, Yee CH, Teoh JYC Tags: Hong Kong Med J Source Type: research
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