Self-reported burden in patients with localized prostate cancer treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).

Authors

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Abigail Pepin

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC

Abigail Pepin , Nima Aghdam , Colin Johnson , Malika Danner , Marilyn Ayoob , Thomas M. Yung , Siyuan Lei , Brian Timothy Collins , Anatoly Dritschilo , Simeng Suy , John Lynch , Sean P. Collins

Organizations

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southhampton, United Kingdom, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC

Research Funding

Other

Background: Retaining quality of life in patients treated with SBRT for prostate cancer remains paramount. As such, balancing the benefits of treatment against the effects of therapy on patients is essential. The quality of life is influenced by the disease and treatment related burden. The EORTC QLQ-ELD14 (ELD14) is a validated questionnaire that can assess burden. This study reports burden trends in patients with prostate cancer treated with SBRT. Methods: All patients with localized prostate cancer treated with SBRT at Georgetown University Hospital from 2007 to 2016 were eligible for inclusion in this cross-sectional cohort. The ELD14 questionnaire was used to assess self-reported patient quality of life at time points before and following treatment. Initially, 267 patients (Median age of 70) responded to the ELD14 questionnaire. Approximately 30% received ADT. The specific questions reviewed for this study were focused on burden of disease and treatment. The responses to these questions were grouped into three clinically relevant categories (not at all, a little and quite a bit to very much). Results: Number of patients reporting quite a bit or very much burden from prostate cancer declined over time from 13% prior to treatment to 8% at 36 months post-SBRT. This was highest at one month post-SBRT (15%) and resolved to baseline by 6 months. Treatment burden similarly decreased over time from 10% to 3%. Patients treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) experienced greater burden than others. At initial consult, 19% of patients on ADT reported quite a bit or very much burden from their illness. At one month post-SBRT, this had increased to 27% and subsequently decreased to 16% at 36 months. Of those not receiving ADT, 12% reported having quite a bit or very much burden from illness initially, 9% at one month and 6% at 36 months. Conclusions: This cross-sectional study suggests that the burden of clinically localized prostate and its treatment with SBRT improves over time. Increased burden was noted in patients receiving ADT. These findings can inform decision making in improving quality of life for patients with prostate cancer treated with SBRT.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2018 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session A: Prostate Cancer

Track

Prostate Cancer,Prostate Cancer

Sub Track

Prostate Cancer - Localized Disease

Citation

J Clin Oncol 36, 2018 (suppl 6S; abstr 51)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2018.36.6_suppl.51

Abstract #

51

Poster Bd #

C15

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