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Five-year survival of people diagnosed with cancer has increased in past decades. Knowledge of the long-term effects of cancer treatment on fitness, body composition and health related quality of life (HR-QoL) is important for cancer patients. The study aimed to evaluate body composition, HR-QoL and personality D of people post cancer treatment in the last 10 years; and to observe whether fitness was correlated with body composition and HR-QoL amongst them. ⋯ Cancer survivor's body composition is generally not at its best. It is important that people diagnosed with cancer are informed on the importance of healthy body composition. Fitness is an indicator for HR-QoL and body composition of cancer survivors.
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Glaucoma is a degenerative disease in the optic nerve with associated visual field defects (VFD). Trabeculectomy is the most common glaucoma surgery. Surgery is indicated if glaucomatous optic neuropathy progresses despite tolerated medical treatment or in patients with severe VFD. The purpose of this paper is to describe the severity of visual field damage in patients undergoing their first trabeculectomy in Iceland. ⋯ VFD at referral to surgery varied from mild VFD to severe damage. Like clinical guidelines recommend, treatment seems to be individualized and the most common indication for surgery was increased VFD despite medical treatment. Mean MD at referral to surgery was high compared to other studies. Eyes with severe VFD had on average lower IOP and thinner cornea. This might indicate that great emphasis is placed on high IOP and perhaps too little emphasis on VFD and cornea thickness.