Purpose: This study aimed to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) undergoing total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT), comparing outcomes with the German general population and colorectal cancer (CRC) patients treated with curative intent. Methods:…
Objective: Demoralization is a state of existential distress and loss of meaning in life and often associated with poor quality of life in cancer survivors. This study aimed to test psychometric properties of the Demoralization Scale-II (DS-II), to compare demoralization in breast cancer survivors with…
Lausanne: Frontiers Research Foundation, 2025-07-11
Objective: Quality of life (QoL) has become a relevant outcome criterion in oncology in general and in palliative care in particular. The aims of this study were to compare the QoL of cancer patients receiving palliative care with groups of mixed cancer patients and with the general population, and to…
Lausanne: Frontiers Research Foundation, 2025-06-05
Long-term changes in health-related quality of life (HrQoL) after SARS-CoV-2 infection are common, but their causes and consequences are poorly understood. This prospective, population-based study examined associations between HrQoL and 49 demographic and clinical variables. HrQoL was assessed using…
London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature, 2025-02-26