Comparison of quality of life in patients with advanced ovarian cancer treated with intraperitoneal or intravenous cisplatin and cyclophosphamide as a second line of therapy

OBJECTIVES: The study aimed to compare the effect of second line intravenous and intraperitoneal chemotherapy on physical and psychological aspects of quality of life in patients with advanced ovarian cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Quality of life was measured with EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3.0) questionnaire. 42 sample patients with histologically confirmed diagnosis of advanced epithelial ovarian cancer treated with second line intravenous or intraperitoneal chemotherapy were included in the study. RESULTS: Higher score of global quality of life and less side-effects of chemotherapy were observed in the group of patients treated with intraperitoneal chemotherapy. In this group constipation and dyspnoea were less common. CONCLUSION: Intraperitoneal chemotherapy has less negative influence on quality of life than intravenous drug delivery.