%0 Journal Article %T Prospective Evaluation of Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Primary Surgery for Oral Cancer: Preoperative and Postoperative Analysis %J Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention %I West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter. %Z 1513-7368 %A Viana, Thales Salles Angelim %A Silva, Paulo Goberlânio de Barros %A Pereira, Karuza Maria Alves %A Mota, Mario Rogério Lima %A Alves, Ana Paula Negreiros Nunes %A de Souza, Eric Fernandes %A Sousa, Fabricio Bitu %D 2017 %\ 08/01/2017 %V 18 %N 8 %P 2093-2100 %! Prospective Evaluation of Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Primary Surgery for Oral Cancer: Preoperative and Postoperative Analysis %K Health related quality of life %K oral cancer %K head and neck cancer %K treatment %K Brazil %R 10.22034/APJCP.2017.18.8.2093 %X   Background: The purpose of the present study was to compare the preoperative and postoperative health related quality of life (HRQoL) of a sample of patients undergoing primary surgery for oral cancer in 2012-13. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional, prospective study of 54 patients in a Brazilian population was performed. HRQoL was measured preoperatively (after histopathological diagnosis) and postoperatively (2 months after surgery) using the University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire (UW-QOL). Clinicopathological, sociodemographic and lifestyle data were collected. Results: Surgery had a negative impact on most HRQoL domains, but pain, mood and anxiety scores were significantly improved. Most patients rated their health-related and overall postoperative HRQoL as good or very good. Conclusions: The UW-QOL was efficient at measuring HRQoL in our sample of patients with oral cancer. Surgery had a negative impact on HRQoL, especially due to sequelae affecting the stomatognathic system, yet patients classified their postoperative health-related and overall QoL as positive. Qualitative studies are necessary for confirmation of our results and further exploration. %U https://journal.waocp.org/article_49361_77eea5c5df1dcdb664a4fe38d3fae4dc.pdf