Long-term Outcome after Colorectal Cancer Resection. Patients’ Self-Reported Quality of Life, Sexual Dysfunction and Surgeons’ Awareness of Patients’ needs

Aims and background Current follow-up care programs focus mainly on detection of tumor recurrence or metachronous cancer. Other aspects that affect the quality of life (QoL) of long-term survivors, such as sexual dysfunction, psychological distress or depressive symptoms, have been poorly investigated. We studied these issues, and also investigated the surgeons’ awareness of their patients’ needs in order to determine how to improve follow-up...