Calibration of quality-adjusted life years for oncology clinical trials

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Sloan, Jeff A ^a   Sargent, Daniel J ^a   Novotny, Paul J ^a   Decker, Paul A ^a   Marks, Randolph S ^a   Nelson, Heidi ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Q TWiST; QALY; QOL; quality of life; quality adjusted life year; simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SIMULATION; ERROR; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LOG RANK TEST; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RADIATION INJURY; RANK SUM TEST; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER SIMULATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); TIME;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902463199     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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