ANALYSIS OF QUALITY-OF-LIFE INDICATORS AFTER SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR PULMONARY METASTASES FROM COLORECTAL CANCER

Quality of life (QL) was studied in 48 patients who had undergone radiofrequency thermal ablation (RFTA) for pulmonary metastases; a control group consisted of 55 patients with atypical lung resection. The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General module (FACT-G) with the FACT-Lung (FACT-L) one was used to assess QL. Prior to surgery, QL in both groups was shown to be lower and in the study group it was 54.3±98.08 scores on the FACT-G scale and 67.0±8.55 scores on the FACT-L scale and in the control group QL was 53.22±7.17 and 66.29±7.93 scores, respectively (p < 0.05). By and large, QL indicators tended to be better within one year postoperatively. Three and six months after surgery, all indicators improved statistically and clinically significantly in the study group as compared to the control one. At 3 to 6 months, the study and control groups were recorded to have the highest (11% and 9%) increases in QL, respectively.

pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer, radiofrequency thermal ablation