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Quality of Life in Patients with Surgically Removed Skin Tumors

Background and Objectives: Skin cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed malignancies. The main goal of the therapeutic management is total excision with the prevention of recurrence and metastasis. The quality of life of the patients with skin cancer is affected by the morbidity risk, surgery...

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Autores principales: Răducu, Laura, Avino, Adelaida, Purnichescu Purtan, Raluca, Balcangiu-Stroescu, Andra-Elena, Bălan, Daniela Gabriela, Timofte, Delia, Ionescu, Dorin, Jecan, Cristian-Radu
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7074335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32050413
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina56020066
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author Răducu, Laura
Avino, Adelaida
Purnichescu Purtan, Raluca
Balcangiu-Stroescu, Andra-Elena
Bălan, Daniela Gabriela
Timofte, Delia
Ionescu, Dorin
Jecan, Cristian-Radu
author_facet Răducu, Laura
Avino, Adelaida
Purnichescu Purtan, Raluca
Balcangiu-Stroescu, Andra-Elena
Bălan, Daniela Gabriela
Timofte, Delia
Ionescu, Dorin
Jecan, Cristian-Radu
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description Background and Objectives: Skin cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed malignancies. The main goal of the therapeutic management is total excision with the prevention of recurrence and metastasis. The quality of life of the patients with skin cancer is affected by the morbidity risk, surgery, and cosmetic or functional aspects. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of life of patients with skin cancer prior to and post surgical intervention. Material and methods: We performed a prospective study on 247 patients with skin tumors. Quality of life was evaluated through an initial questionnaire that was given to all consenting patients. This was used to determine patients’ mobility, selfcare, normal activities, pain, and despair, using a five-point Likert scale. The general autoperceived health state was also recorded using a 100-point scale. The study included the responses of all patients at hospital admission, after one month of surgery, and after one year of surgery. Results: In patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), the general health state indicator statistically significantly decreased one month after surgery and increased at one-year follow-up. In malignant melanoma (MM) patients, mobility, selfcare, normal activities, and discomfort presented a decrease in values one year after surgery, compared to the values registered at hospital admission. In patients with basal cell carcinoma (BCC), all indicators of quality of life presented an impaired value one year after surgery, after a decreasing trend. The general health state indicator statistically significantly increased one month after surgery and after one year. Conclusions: Surgery is one of the main steps in treating skin cancer. It has a great impact on patients’ quality of life because of pain andthe effect on mobility and normal activities. Skin cancers influence the quality of life of patients both psychologicallyand physically.
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spelling pubmed-70743352020-03-20 Quality of Life in Patients with Surgically Removed Skin Tumors Răducu, Laura Avino, Adelaida Purnichescu Purtan, Raluca Balcangiu-Stroescu, Andra-Elena Bălan, Daniela Gabriela Timofte, Delia Ionescu, Dorin Jecan, Cristian-Radu Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and Objectives: Skin cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed malignancies. The main goal of the therapeutic management is total excision with the prevention of recurrence and metastasis. The quality of life of the patients with skin cancer is affected by the morbidity risk, surgery, and cosmetic or functional aspects. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of life of patients with skin cancer prior to and post surgical intervention. Material and methods: We performed a prospective study on 247 patients with skin tumors. Quality of life was evaluated through an initial questionnaire that was given to all consenting patients. This was used to determine patients’ mobility, selfcare, normal activities, pain, and despair, using a five-point Likert scale. The general autoperceived health state was also recorded using a 100-point scale. The study included the responses of all patients at hospital admission, after one month of surgery, and after one year of surgery. Results: In patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), the general health state indicator statistically significantly decreased one month after surgery and increased at one-year follow-up. In malignant melanoma (MM) patients, mobility, selfcare, normal activities, and discomfort presented a decrease in values one year after surgery, compared to the values registered at hospital admission. In patients with basal cell carcinoma (BCC), all indicators of quality of life presented an impaired value one year after surgery, after a decreasing trend. The general health state indicator statistically significantly increased one month after surgery and after one year. Conclusions: Surgery is one of the main steps in treating skin cancer. It has a great impact on patients’ quality of life because of pain andthe effect on mobility and normal activities. Skin cancers influence the quality of life of patients both psychologicallyand physically. MDPI 2020-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7074335/ /pubmed/32050413 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina56020066 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Timofte, Delia
Ionescu, Dorin
Jecan, Cristian-Radu
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7074335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32050413
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina56020066
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