Jakość życia pacjentów po leczeniu onkologicznym

Prostate cancer is the second most common neoplasm in the male population in Poland. We manage to cure most of them and provide a long survival. That is the reason why the Quality of life is very important in that group of patients. I have carried out an analysis of articles from PubMed database about the Quality of life after oncological treatment of prostate cancer. It was said that different treatment techniques influence the quality of life in different ways. In patients after radiotherapy the most important were bowel symptoms (rectal urgency, bleeding). Patients after prostatectomy have symptoms relating to the bladder (urinary incontinence). In patients after brachytherapy the most common symptoms are from the urethra (dysuria, urinary hesitation, polyuria). Patients should be informed about different symptoms which may occur after different ways of treatment. It is very important for them to make a conscious choice about the way of treatment they accept the most.