Choosing patient-reported outcome measures for cancer clinical research - Practical principles and an algorithm to assist non-specialist researchers

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3149-3157

  Luckett, T ^a,b   King, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Patient reported outcomes; Psychometric properties; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING ALGORITHM; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

EID: 78649631898     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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