TY - JOUR T1 - Longitudinal Changes in Health-related Quality of Life After <sup>125</sup>I Low-dose-rate Brachytherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer JF - Anticancer Research JO - Anticancer Res SP - 6443 LP - 6456 DO - 10.21873/anticanres.14666 VL - 40 IS - 11 AU - NAOYUKI OGASAWARA AU - MAKOTO NAKIRI AU - HIROFUMI KUROSE AU - KOSUKE UEDA AU - KATSUAKI CHIKUI AU - KIYOAKI NISHIHARA AU - MITSUNORI MATSUO AU - SHIGETAKA SUEKANE AU - KENTA MUROTANI AU - KOICHIRO MURAKI AU - CHIKAYUKI HATTORI AU - ETSUYO OGO AU - TUKASA IGAWA AU - TATSUYA ISHITAKE Y1 - 2020/11/01 UR - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/40/11/6443.abstract N2 - Background/Aim: The factors associated with longitudinal changes in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) are unclear. In this study we aimed to evaluate the longitudinal changes and predictors of HRQOL after 125I low-dose-rate brachytherapy (LDB) for localised prostate cancer (PCA). Patients and Methods: We evaluated 180 patients with localised PCA treated with LDB. The HRQOL was evaluated at 3 weeks before LDB and at 1, 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, 36, and 48 months after LDB using the International Prostate Symptom Score, Medical Outcome Study 8-Items Short Form Health Survey (SF-8), and University of California Los Angeles Prostate Cancer Index (UCLA-PCI). Results: All HRQOL scores, except for UCLA-PCI sexual function and SF-8 mental component summary (MCS), were improved to baseline after an early transient deterioration. In contrast, the sexual function did not return to baseline after early deterioration. Meanwhile, the MCS scores showed no significant decline after implantation and trended upward. The prostate V100 and baseline UCLA-PCI sexual function scores predicted a clinically significant decrease in sexual function in the late post-implantation period. Conclusion: Most aspects of the HRQOL of PCA patients who underwent LDB improved to baseline. The results that V100 and baseline sexual function were predictors of late post-LDB may provide more accurate information for patients with preserved sexual function before treatment and for their partners. ER -