Health-Related Quality of Life and Survival in Metastasized Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients with and without a Targetable Driver Mutation.

Nicole E BillingyVashti N M F Tromp Corina J G Van Den HurkAnnemarie Becker-CommissarisIris Walraven

Published in: Cancers (2021)

M- NSCLC patients have less favorable HRQOL over time compared to M+ patients. Furthermore, clinically relevant HRQOL declines over time were significantly associated with worse survival. HRQOL can therefore play an important role in in shaping patients' expectations of their prognosis.

Keyphrases

ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
small cell lung cancer
prognostic factors
patient reported