Defining patient-based minimal clinically important effect sizes: A study in palliative radiotherapy for painful unresectable pelvic recurrences from rectal cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 661-669

  Wong, Rebecca K S ^a   Gafni, Amiram ^b   Whelan, Tim ^c   Franssen, Edmee ^d   Fung, Karen ^e  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision support techniques; Pain; Palliative care; Patient satisfaction; Rectal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

PAIN INTENSITY;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036837314     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)02995-4     Document Type: Article

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