MP01-08 NO DIFFERENCE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN BLADDER CANCER SURVIVORS TREATED WITH TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OR RADICAL CYSTECTOMY.

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You have accessJournal of UrologyBladder Cancer: Epidemiology & Evaluation I1 Apr 2016MP01-08 NO DIFFERENCE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN BLADDER CANCER SURVIVORS TREATED WITH TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OR RADICAL CYSTECTOMY. Joseph Fantony, Ajay Gopalakrishna, Thomas Longo, and Brant Inman Joseph FantonyJoseph Fantony More articles by this author , Ajay GopalakrishnaAjay Gopalakrishna More articles by this author , Thomas LongoThomas Longo More articles by this author , and Brant InmanBrant Inman More articles by this author View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2016.02.1838AboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES With improving therapies, issues surrounding survivorship have come to the forefront of the urologic oncologist’s practice. Physical activity has been shown to quantitatively improve the quality of life in survivors of many malignancies, but has not been well studied in urothelial carcinoma. In this study we report the self-described physical activity patterns of bladder cancer survivors treated with transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) or radical cystectomy (RC). METHODS All bladder cancer survivors were obtained via a query of our electronic medical record, and mailed a survey that included the validated International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Long Form (IPAQ-L). Their responses were collected and stored in electronic capture form for scoring. RESULTS The questionnaire was mailed out to 968 people with 443 responses (46% response rate). Of the 443 respondents, 126 underwent RC and 317 had undergone TURBT as their most recent procedure. The median age for RC and TURBT was 71 and 73 respectively. The TURBT group was more likely to have been operated on more recently than was the RC group (4.6 years vs 7.1 years p<0.01). The questionnaire attempts to quantify both daily physical activity and “sitting time” (a measure of inactivity) measured in estimated metabolic equivalent-minutes per week (MET-min/week) and minutes per week (min/week) respectively. The TURBT group performed a mean 4,746.3 MET-min/week while the RC group performed 4,201.7 MET-min/week (p=0.36). Similarly, the “sitting time” was not significantly different with the TURBT group reporting 367.3 min/week and RC group reporting 330.8 min/week (p=0.151). CONCLUSIONS Despite the difference in the natural history of muscle invasive bladder cancer (or recurrent non-invasive disease) and non-muscle invasive cancer there appears to be no significant difference in the patient-reported levels of physical activity. This could be useful in the counseling of patients who may need to undergo extirpative treatment and have concerns regarding their ability to remain physically active after radical surgery with urinary diversion. © 2016FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 195Issue 4SApril 2016Page: e4 Advertisement Copyright & Permissions© 2016MetricsAuthor Information Joseph Fantony More articles by this author Ajay Gopalakrishna More articles by this author Thomas Longo More articles by this author Brant Inman More articles by this author Expand All Advertisement Advertisement PDF downloadLoading ...