Quality of life after rectal cancer surgery
Part of Cancer, Digestive system clinical trials.
This study looks at how rectal cancer surgery and its treatments affect your quality of life. If you are having surgery (not the type that removes the anus) or getting radiation plus chemotherapy without surgery, researchers will ask you about your well-being by phone over time.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 or older.
- You have been diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the rectum (a type of cancer in the last part of the large intestine), and the tumor is no more than 15 cm from the anal opening.
- You are planning to have surgery to remove the tumor (but not the type that removes the anus), and you may get chemotherapy or radiation before surgery, OR you are doing 'watch and wait' (radiation plus chemotherapy without surgery).
- Your cancer has not spread to other parts of your body at the time of diagnosis.
- You are not planning to have an abdominoperineal resection (a surgery that removes the anus), a low Hartmann's procedure, or pelvic exenteration (a surgery that removes nearby organs).
- You can be reached by phone, can read and understand English or French, and can give informed consent.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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