Deriving a compound quality of life measure from the EORTC-QLQ-C30/LC13 instrument for use in economic evaluations of lung cancer clinical trials

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1081-1088

  Gortzak, E ^a   Azzarelli, A ^b   Buesa, J ^c   Bramwell, V H C ^d   Van Coevorden, F ^a   Van Geel, A N ^e   Ezzat, A ^f   Santoro, A ^b   Oosterhuis, J W ^e   Van Glabbeke, M ^g   Kirkpatrick, A ^g   Verweij, J ^e  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^d LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^g EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Economics; Multivariate analysis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE; FAMILY LIFE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL LIFE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035009844     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(01)00078-8     Document Type: Article

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