PURPOSE The objective of this study was to describe the evolution of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a cohort of breast cancer patients over 1 year after surgery and to analyse the predictive ability of HRQOL measurement instruments. METHODS Observational, multicenter and prospective study of a cohort of breast cancer patients, assessing HRQOL at 1, 6, and 12 months after surgery us...

BACKGROUND The aim of our study was to obtain reference data of the EORTC QLQ-C30 quality of life dimensions for the general Slovenian population. We intend to provide the researchers and clinicians in our country with the expected mean health-related quality of life (HRQL) scores for distinctive socio-demographic population groups. METHODS The EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire supplemented by a so...

Background—The incidence of malignant mesothelioma is increasing. There is the perception that survival is worse in the UK than in other countries. However, it is important to compare survival in diVerent series based on accurate prognostic data. The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) and the Cancer and Leukaemia Group B (CALGB) have recently published prognostic...

BACKGROUND The classification of cutaneous lymphomas has been contentious. Two major competing classifications were the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC). The principal authors met for a consensus meeting resulted in a combined classification called WHO-EORTC Classification of Cutaneous Lymphoma. METHODS We review the cl...

The purpose of the study was to pilot-test a questionnaire measuring health-related quality of life (QoL) in thyroid cancer patients to be used with the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) core questionnaire EORTC QLQ-C30. A provisional questionnaire with 47 items was administered to patients treated for thyroid cancer within the last 2 years. Patients were interv...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study is to describe the development of a comprehensive European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) questionnaire to assess sexual health of female and male cancer patients and for cancer survivors. METHODS According to the EORTC guidelines, the development of an EORTC sexual health questionnaire is typically organised in four phases. The first...

To conduct a systematic review on validated instruments used to assess quality of life (QOL) in patients with either primary or metastatic lung neoplasms. A literature search was conducted through the Embase (1950 - 2012 week 30) and Medline (1946 - 2012 week 3 July) databases. All compiled studies utilized QOL or symptom palliation as a primary or secondary outcome for patients with advanced l...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to compare quality of life (QoL) and sexual functioning between sexually active cervical cancer survivors and healthy women. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, propensity-score-matched cervical cancer survivors (n=104) and healthy women (n=104) were compared. All women had engaged in sexual activity within the previous 3 months, and cervi...