Larynx cancer: quality of life and voice after treatment

Treatments for patients with laryngeal cancer often have an impact on physical, social, and psychological functions. To evaluate quality of life and voice in patients treated for advanced laryngeal cancer through surgery or exclusive chemoradiation. Retrospective cohort study with 30 patients free f...

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Veröffentlicht in:Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology 2014-09, Vol.80 (5), p.403-408
Hauptverfasser: Rossi, Vaneli Colombo, Fernandes, Fernando Laffitte, Ferreira, Maria Augusta Aliperti, Bento, Lucas Ricci, Pereira, Pablo Soares Gomes, Chone, Carlos Takahiro
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Zusammenfassung:Treatments for patients with laryngeal cancer often have an impact on physical, social, and psychological functions. To evaluate quality of life and voice in patients treated for advanced laryngeal cancer through surgery or exclusive chemoradiation. Retrospective cohort study with 30 patients free from disease: ten total laryngectomy patients without production of esophageal speech (ES); ten total laryngectomy patients with tracheoesophageal speech (TES), and ten with laryngeal speech. Quality of life was measured by SF-36, Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL), and Voice Handicap Index (VHI) protocols, applied on the same day. The SF-36 showed that patients who received exclusive chemoradiotherapy had better quality of life than the TES and ES groups. The V-RQOL showed that the voice-related quality of life was lower in the ES group. In the VHI, the ES group showed higher scores for overall, emotional, functional, and organic VHI. Quality of life and voice in patients treated with chemoradiotherapy was better than in patients treated surgically. The type of medical treatment used in patients with laryngeal cancer can bring changes in quality of life and voice. Tratamentos para pacientes com câncer de laringe podem ter grande impacto na função física, social e psicológica. Avaliar qualidade de vida e voz de pacientes tratados de câncer avançado de laringe por meio cirúrgico ou quimioradioterapia exclusiva. Estudo coorte retrospectivo com 30 pacientes livres da doença: sendo 10 laringectomizados totais sem produção de voz esofágica (SVE); 10 laringectomizados totais com voz traqueoesofágica (VTE) e 10 com voz laríngea. A qualidade de vida foi mensurada pelos protocolos SF-36; Qualidade de Vida em Voz (QVV) e Índice de Desvantagem Vocal (IDV), aplicados no mesmo dia. No SF-36, observou-se que pacientes que receberam quimioradioterapia exclusiva apresentam melhor qualidade de vida do que o grupo de VTE e SVE. No QVV observou-se que a qualidade de vida relacionada à voz é menor no grupo SVE. No IDV grupo, SVE apresentou escore maior para IDV total, emocional, funcional e orgânica. Qualidade de vida e voz dos pacientes tratados com quimioradioterapia é melhor do que os pacientes tratados cirurgicamente. O tipo de tratamento médico utilizado em pacientes com câncer de laringe pode trazer alterações na qualidade de vida e voz.
ISSN:1808-8694
1808-8686
1808-8686
DOI:10.1016/j.bjorl.2014.07.005