Quality of Life Following Radical Prostatectomy

Quality of Life Following Radical Prostatectomy

This study will utilize the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite questionnaire to learn what impact the surgery has upon the participant's sense of health, sexual and urinary quality of life.

To define impact on quality of life issues for patients undergoing radical prostatectomy. This study will distribute a questionnaire to patients who are being scheduled for radical prostatectomy, both before and after surgery, to assess the impact on quality of life issues. This will provide important information regarding the temporal return of issues pertaining to quality of life.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients scheduled to undergo radical prostatectomy at Stanford

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients treated with neoadjuvant or adjuvant hormonal therapy or radiation therapy