[Quality of life and psychological state in patients with choroidal melanoma: longitudinal study].

UNLABELLED

Treatments for choroidal melanoma (CM) generate largely unknown consequences on the level of the quality of life (QoL) and psychological state. Prospective published work is relatively rare and their results are not consistent. The objective of this study is to describe the QoL and psychological state's evolution in patients treated by conservative treatment for CM.

POPULATION

Sixty-nine patients treated for CM by conservative treatment (proton beam irradiation or iodine plaques). QoL (EORTC-QLQ-C30 + QLQ-OPT-30), anxiety and depression (HADS, STAI-B-trait).

DATA COLLECTION

Prospective study comprising four evaluations T0: before the beginning of the treatment, T1: one month, T2: six month, T3: one year after the treatment. The preliminary results of the first two evaluations showed that the level of the QoL remained relatively good and stable with an exception for the social functioning, which decreased after the treatment. More than half of the patients had a moderated rate of anxiety before the beginning of the treatment, which decreased significantly a month later. The depressive symptoms were lower and remained stable one month after the treatment. These results confirmed the importance of exploration and screening the fear of cancer recurrence among choroidal melanoma patients.