A global analysis of multitrial data investigating quality of life and symptoms as prognostic factors for survival in different tumor sites

Cancer

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 302-311

  Quinten, Chantal ^a   Martinelli, Francesca ^a   Coens, Corneel ^a   Sprangers, Mirjam A G ^b   Ringash, Jolie ^c   Gotay, Carolyn ^d   Bjordal, Kristin ^e   Greimel, Eva ^f   Reeve, Bryce B ^g   Maringwa, John ^a   Ediebah, Divine E ^a   Zikos, Efstathios ^a   King, Madeleine T ^h   Osoba, David ⁱ   Taphoorn, Martin J ^j   Flechtner, Henning ^k   Schmucker Von Koch, Joseph ^l   Weis, Joachim ^m   Bottomley, Andrew ^a  

^a EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^g University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ Quality of Life Consulting   (Canada)

^j VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

cancer; multi trial; patient reported outcomes; prognostic factors; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; COGNITION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISTANT METASTASIS; DYSPNEA; EMOTION; EORTC CORE QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE 30; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOSS OF APPETITE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TESTIS CANCER;

EID: 84891842234     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28382     Document Type: Article

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