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Quality of Life in the First Year of Follow-Up in a Randomized Multicenter Trial Assessing the Role of Imaging after Radical Surgery of Stage IIB-C and III Cutaneous Melanoma (TRIM Study)

Authors :
Ullenhag, Ylva Naeser
Hildur Helgadottir
Johan Hansson
Christian Ingvar
Nils O. Elander
Petra Flygare
Cecilia Nilsson
Frida Jakobsson
Antonios Valachis
Dimitrios Papantoniou
Agneta Nordin Danfors
Hemming Johansson
Anders Sundin
Yvonne Brandberg
Gustav J.
Source :
Cancers; Volume 14; Issue 4; Pages: 1040
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022.

Abstract

The benefit of imaging in the follow-up setting for high-risk melanoma patients is uncertain, and even less is known about the impact of intensive follow-up on the patient´s quality of life. In 2017, a Swedish prospective randomized multicenter study started, in which high-risk melanoma patients are randomly assigned 1:1 to follow-up by physical examinations +/− whole-body imaging. The first-year examinations are scheduled at 0, 6 and 12 months. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the patients´ health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and levels of anxiety and depression were affected at 1 year by imaging. Anxiety/depression and HRQoL were assessed at 0 and 12 months by the questionnaires Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) scale and EORTC QLQ-C30 version 3. Expected baseline QLQ-C30 values for the patients were calculated using data from the general population. In total, 204 patients were analyzed. Mean differences in subscale scores at 1 year were not statistically significant either for HRQoL or for anxiety/depression. Baseline HRQoL did not differ from expected values in the general Swedish population. In conclusion, the patients in general coped well with the situation, and adding whole-body imaging to physical examinations did not affect the melanoma patients’ HRQoL or levels of anxiety or depression.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20726694
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Cancers; Volume 14; Issue 4; Pages: 1040
Accession number :
edsair.multidiscipl..96cafe5cbc75239f5b058504cce4a818
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14041040