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Surviving rectal cancer at the cost of a colostomy
2021.08.10 |
| Date | Thu 02 Sep |
| Time | 15:15 — 17:15 |
| Location | Auditorium B (G206-142), Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, 8200 Aarhus N and online |
On Thursday 2 September at 15:15, Helle Ø. Kristensen defends her PhD dissertation entitled "Surviving rectal cancer at the cost of a colostomy".
The definitive treatment of rectal cancer involves surgery, which sometimes requires the formation of a permanent colostomy. Long term survival after rectal cancer has improved markedly over the last decades. In order to optimize preoperative counselling and follow up there is a growing need to study how a permanent colostomy impacts HRQoL in the growing number of survivors having to live with the consequences of their treatment.
In this phd project the Colostomy Impact Score, a 7-item patient reported outcome measure of stoma dysfunction impacting HRQoL, was validated in rectal cancer survivors in seven countries (Australia, China, Denmark, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden) and in Danish patients with a colostomy after surgery for a benign condition. The impact on HRQoL of demographic and socioeconomic factors was studied in a systematic literature review. HRQoL was studied in a global survey (Australia, China, Denmark, Egypt, Lithuania, Israel, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden) among 2557 long term rectal cancer survivors with a permanent colostomy and predictors for reduced stoma-related HRQoL.
The summary is written by the PhD student.
The defence is public and takes place in Auditorium B (G206-142), Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, 8200 Aarhus N and online. Please read the attached press release for more information.
PhD student Helle Ø. Kristensen
Mail: hellkren@rm.dk
Phone: (+45) 20913447