Sarcoma patients' quality of life from diagnosis to yearly follow-up: Experience from an Italian tertiary care center

Gabriella Maggi; Irene Terrenato; Luca Giacomelli; Carmine Zoccali; Maria Franca Condoleo; Chiara Falcicchio; Jacopo Baldi; Sabrina Vari; Virginia Ferraresi; Roberto Biagini; Patrizia Pugliese

doi:10.2217/fon-2019-0237

Sarcoma patients' quality of life from diagnosis to yearly follow-up: Experience from an Italian tertiary care center

Gabriella Maggi, Irene Terrenato, Luca Giacomelli, Carmine Zoccali, Maria Franca Condoleo, Chiara Falcicchio, Jacopo Baldi, Sabrina Vari, Virginia Ferraresi, Roberto Biagini, Patrizia Pugliese

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Aim: To investigate sarcoma patients' perception of quality of life and psychosocial distress across the different disease's stages. Patients & methods: Total 329 sarcoma patients were monitored from diagnosis up to a maximum of six consecutive follow-up visits. Results: Functional status worsened over time with the lowest value after surgery and a full recovery not earlier than the second follow-up visit. Married and single patients exhibited similar quality of life pattern. High levels of psychological distress were observed from diagnosis to active treatment periods with a progressive improvement during follow-up. Psychological distress pattern over time varied by marital status and age. Conclusion: Our study suggests the importance of integrating psychosocial care to medical therapy across the entire sarcoma journey.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3125-3134
Number of pages	10
Journal	Future Oncology
Volume	15
Issue number	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2217/fon-2019-0237
Publication status	Published - Jan 1 2019

Keywords

age
distress
EORTC QLQC30
marital status
quality of life
sarcoma

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Oncology
Cancer Research

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Sarcoma patients' quality of life from diagnosis to yearly follow-up : Experience from an Italian tertiary care center. / Maggi, Gabriella; Terrenato, Irene; Giacomelli, Luca; Zoccali, Carmine; Condoleo, Maria Franca; Falcicchio, Chiara; Baldi, Jacopo; Vari, Sabrina; Ferraresi, Virginia ; Biagini, Roberto ; Pugliese, Patrizia.

In: Future Oncology, Vol. 15, No. 27, 01.01.2019, p. 3125-3134.

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Maggi, Gabriella ; Terrenato, Irene ; Giacomelli, Luca ; Zoccali, Carmine ; Condoleo, Maria Franca ; Falcicchio, Chiara ; Baldi, Jacopo ; Vari, Sabrina ; Ferraresi, Virginia ; Biagini, Roberto ; Pugliese, Patrizia. / Sarcoma patients' quality of life from diagnosis to yearly follow-up : Experience from an Italian tertiary care center. In: Future Oncology. 2019 ; Vol. 15, No. 27. pp. 3125-3134.

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