WATCHFUL WAITING AND HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS WITH LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER: DATA FROM CaPSURE

Abstract

Men with prostate cancer who chose watchful waiting in the current study had better or similar HRQoL outcomes compared to men without prostate cancer at the start of the study. Many of these scores were significantly affected by increasing age and decreased with time. The physical domain scores as well as sexual function scores decreased more than expected from the aging process alone.