Health-related quality of life among breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer patients with end-stage disease

N Färkkilä, S Torvinen, RP Roine, H Sintonen… - Quality of Life …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose To explore end-stage breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer patients' health-
related quality of life (HRQoL); to compare results obtained by different HRQoL instruments; …

Predictive factors for overall quality of life in patients with advanced cancer

G Cramarossa, E Chow, L Zhang, G Bedard… - Supportive care in …, 2013 - Springer
Objective This study examined which domains/symptoms from the European Organisation
for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 15 …

Health-related quality of life among cancer patients in their last year of life: results from the PROFILES registry

NJH Raijmakers, M Zijlstra, J Van Roij… - Supportive Care in …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the last
year of life of cancer patients stratified by four periods of time before death. Patients and …

Quality of life in breast and colon cancer long-term survivors: an assessment with the EORTC QLQ-C30 and SF-36 questionnaires

P Mosconi, G Apolone, S Barni, S Secondino… - Tumori …, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims and Background Although the long-term survival of cancer patients has risen during
the last decades, little is known about their quality of life. Assessment of the long-term effect …

Long-term quality of life profile in oncology: a comparison between cancer survivors and the general population

MA Annunziata, B Muzzatti, C Flaiban, K Gipponi… - Supportive Care in …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Understanding the quality of life (QoL) of cancer survivors is relevant to both clinical
practice and health care policy. The current study compared the QoL profile in this specific …

Health-related quality of life in different states of breast cancer–comparing different instruments

M Rautalin, N Färkkilä, H Sintonen, T Saarto… - Acta …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The prognosis of breast cancer has improved significantly during the last few
decades increasing the interest in health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The aim of this …

Determinants of quality of life in patients with advanced cancer

C Zimmermann, D Burman, N Swami… - Supportive Care in …, 2011 - Springer
Purpose Improving health-related quality of life (HRQL) is the main goal of palliative care
and an important outcome for oncology trials. This study examines medical and …

Measuring health-related quality of life in patients with advanced cancer: a systematic review of self-administered measurement instruments

J van Roij, H Fransen, L van de Poll-Franse… - Quality of Life …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are becoming increasingly important
in clinical practice. The implementation of PROMS in routine practice is challenging because …

Trajectories of health‐related quality of life and symptom burden in patients with advanced cancer towards the end of life: Longitudinal results from the eQuiPe study

MAJ Versluis, NJH Raijmakers, A Baars… - Cancer, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Support for health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) is an essential part of cancer
care in the final stages of life, yet empirical guidance regarding HRQOL and symptom …

Health‐related quality of life in colorectal cancer

N Färkkilä, H Sintonen, T Saarto, H Järvinen… - Colorectal …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aim As a consequence of the improved survival of patients and of cost‐effectiveness
requirements for new treatments, health‐related quality of life (HRQ oL) issues have gained …