Prostatic Neoplasms, Quality of Life
Conditions
Brief summary
This study is prospective evaluation of quality of life in men undergoing robotic assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy versus radical retropubic prostatectomy.
Detailed description
Preoperatively, enrolled patients will complete questionnaires called EPIC that will ask about urinary, sexual, bowel and hormonal function At 1, 3,6,9 and 12 months after surgery, pateints will complete the questionnaires again. All will be enrolled at Samsung Medical Center
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Pathologic diagnosis of prostate adenocarcinoma * Clinical stage: AJCC (VI) stage T1-T2 N0M0 * Primary treatment at Samsung Medical Center for prostate cancer using: radical retropubic prostatectomy, robotic prostatectomy
Exclusion criteria
* Clinical Stage: T3, T4, nodal or distant metastasis * All kind of neoadjuvant, concurrent and adjuvant treatment * poor health forced a patient into dropout