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Table 3.

Quality of life before surgery and after radiotherapy — European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Core Quality-of-Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) (n = 36)

Variable	Mean ± SD	Median (IQR)	p-value
Global health status (GH)
Before surgery	9.06 ± 2.16	10 (9–10)	0.106
After radiotherapy	9.31 ± 2.61	10 (9–11)	0.106
Physical functioning (PF)
Before surgery	10.17 ± 3.06	10 (8–12)	0.282
After radiotherapy	9.94 ± 3.05	10 (7–11)	0.282
Role functioning (RF)
Before surgery	4.36 ± 1.33	4 (4–5)	< 0.001^*
After radiotherapy	3.81 ± 1.45	3 (3–4.75)	< 0.001^*
Emotional functioning (EF)
Before surgery	8.06 ± 2.46	7 (6–11)	0.008^*
After radiotherapy	7.53 ± 2.36	6 (6–10)	0.008^*
Cognitive functioning (CF)
Before surgery	4.22 ± 0.95	4 (4–5)	0.847
After radiotherapy	4.25 ± 1.18	4 (3–5)	0.847
Social functioning (SF)
Before surgery	5.47 ± 1.13	5 (4.25–6.75)	< 0.001^*
After radiotherapy	4.69 ± 1.21	4 (4–5.75)	< 0.001^*
Fatigue (FA)
Before surgery	6.39 ± 1.71	6 (5–8.50)	0.247
After radiotherapy	6.11 ± 1.65	6 (4–7)	0.247
Nausea and vomiting (NV)
Before surgery	2.92 ± 1.29	2.5 (2–4)	0.012^*
After radiotherapy	3.31 ± 1.61	3.5 (2–4)	0.012^*
Pain (PA)
Before surgery	4.03 ± 1.27	4 (3–4)	0.037^*
After radiotherapy	3.69 ± 1.03	3 (3–4)	0.037^*
Dyspnea (DY)
Before surgery	1.25 ± 0.43	1 (1–1.75)	0.102
After radiotherapy	1.14 ± 0.35	1 (1–1)	0.102
Insomnia (SL)
Before surgery	1.89 ± 0.62	2 (1.25–2)	0.346
After radiotherapy	1.78 ± 0.89	1 (1–3)	0.346
Appetite loss (AP)
Before surgery	2.14 ± 0.35	2 (2–2)	0.014^*
After radiotherapy	1.97 ± 0.56	2 (2–2)	0.014^*
Constipation (CO)
Before surgery	1 ± 0	1 (1–1)	0.157
After radiotherapy	1.06 ± 0.23	1 (1–1)	0.157
Diarrhea (DI)
Before surgery	1.67 ± 0.47	2 (1–2)	0.003^*
After radiotherapy	1.31 ± 0.46	1 (1–2)	0.003^*
Financial difficulties (FI)
Before surgery	3.11 ± 0.31	3 (3–3)	1.000
After radiotherapy	3.11 ± 0.57	3 (3–3)	1.000

statistically significant;

SD — standard deviation