Quality of life assessment
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Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has become one of the important endpoints in cancer treatments. However, a relatively small proportion of oncologists truly understand the concepts and uses of QOL assessments. In this article, I discuss psychometric properties that should be verified with QOL instruments, scope of the QOL concepts that should be assessed in oncology, how to choose the appropriate measures, and cross-cultural validation and statistical issues. Several examples of QOL assessments in recent clinical trials in oncology are also reviewed.
- Public Health Research Foundation Japan
- University of Tokyo Japan
Clinical Trials as Topic, Breast Neoplasms, Prognosis, Combined Modality Therapy, Disease-Free Survival, Survival Rate, Treatment Outcome, Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, Quality of Life, Health Status Indicators, Humans, Female, Radiotherapy, Adjuvant, Mastectomy, Neoplasm Staging
Clinical Trials as Topic, Breast Neoplasms, Prognosis, Combined Modality Therapy, Disease-Free Survival, Survival Rate, Treatment Outcome, Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, Quality of Life, Health Status Indicators, Humans, Female, Radiotherapy, Adjuvant, Mastectomy, Neoplasm Staging
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