Key clinical point: Aside from active surveillance, all prostate cancer treatments have a significant detrimental effect on patients’ quality of life, a study suggests.

Major finding: Surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy significantly affected patients’ quality of life because of effects on urinary incontinence, sexual function, fatigue, and insomnia.

Study details: A patient-driven study on the effects of prostate cancer treatment on quality of life involving 2,943 men from 24 countries.

Disclosures: The study was conducted by Europa Uomo in conjunction with the Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The study was funded by Bayer, Ipsen, and Janssen, but the companies had no influence over any aspect of the study.