Understanding the quality of life (QOL) issues in survivors of cancer: towards the development of an EORTC QOL cancer survivorship questionnaire.
Leeuwen van MOlga HussonPaola AlbertiJuan Ignacio ArrarasOlivier L ChinotAnna CostantiniAnne-Sophie DarlingtonLinda DirvenMartin EichlerEva B HammerlidBernhard HolznerColin D JohnsonMeropi KontogianniTrille Kristina KjærOfir MoragSandra NolteAndrew NordinAndrea PaceMonica PintoKatja PolzJohn RamageJaap C ReijneveldSamantha SerpentiniKrzysztof A TomaszewskiVassilios VassiliouIrma M Verdonck-de LeeuwIngvild VistadTeresa E YoungNeil K AaronsonLonneke V van de Poll-Fransenull nullPublished in: Health and quality of life outcomes (2018)
Compared to existing cancer survivorship questionnaires, our findings underscore the relevance of assessing issues related to chronic physical side effects of treatment such as neuropathy and joint pain. We will further develop a core survivorship questionnaire and three site-specific modules for disease-free adult cancer survivors who are at least one year post-treatment.