Table 3.
Quality of life scores on the EORTC QLQ-C30
| EORTC QLQ-C30 item | Preoperative Mean |
6 weeks Mean |
3 months Mean |
6 months Mean |
1-year Mean |
2-years Mean |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global health | |||||||
| Global health status | 77 | 81 | 83 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 0.047 |
| Functional scales | |||||||
| Physical functioning | 95 | 95 | 94 | 94 | 93 | 94 | 0.190 |
| Role functioning | 95 | 96 | 94 | 94 | 95 | 97 | 0.635 |
| Emotional functioning | 72 | 85 | 85 | 87 | 88 | 90 | < 0.001 |
| Cognitive functioning | 89 | 91 | 89 | 92 | 91 | 88 | 0.362 |
| Social functioning | 92 | 93 | 95 | 96 | 95 | 95 | 0.402 |
| Symptom scales | |||||||
| Fatigue | 20 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 0.118 |
| Nausea and vomiting | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.329 |
| Pain | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0.173 |
| Dyspnea | 17 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 0.509 |
| Insomnia | 20 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 0.025 |
| Appetite loss | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0.857 |
| Constipation | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0.678 |
| Diarrhea | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0.429 |
| Financial difficulties | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0.262 |