Influence of urological morbidity on quality of life in patients with prostate cancer.

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of urological morbidity in patients with prostate cancer and its influence on global quality of life (QL).

Methods: 379 patients with prostate cancer completed several questionnaires (EORTC QLQ-C33, I-PSS, PAIS [sexuality]) and were grouped according to the type of treatment they had undergone: observation only (n = 57), androgen deprivation (n = 112), radiotherapy (n = 114) and radical prostatectomy (n = 96). A group of 86 urologists also completed the questionnaires, imagining that they had stable prostate cancer and had been undergoing androgen deprivation for at least 1 year.

Effects of three methods of femoral site immobilization on bleeding and comfort after coronary angiogram.

Background: Postangiogram femoral site care varies by institution and practitioner. The literature is unclear about which intervention provides the best hemostasis and patient comfort.

Objective: To investigate which method of femoral site immobilization results in less bleeding and more comfort after coronary angiography.

Residual or recurrent chest mass in pediatric Hodgkin's disease. A surgical problem?

Controversy surrounds the management of a residual chest mass in patients treated for Hodgkin's disease. Between 1971 and 1985, we treated 22 children, aged 7-18 years, with pathologically proven Hodgkin's disease. Nine had radiographic evidence of mediastinal and/or pulmonary involvement.