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Patients, caregivers, and clinicians differ in performance status ratings: Implications for pediatric cancer clinical trials.

Scott H MaurerPamela S HindsBryce B ReeveJennifer W MackMolly McFatrichLi LinJanice S WithycombeShana S JacobsJustin N BakerSharon M CastellinoDavid R Freyer
Published in: Cancer (2021)
Significant differences between clinician and caregiver LPPS ratings of child performance were sustained over time; their associations with child reports were predominantly small to moderate. These data suggest that clinician-reported LPPS ratings by themselves are inadequate for determining clinical trial eligibility and should be supplemented by appropriate measures of a child's functional status reflecting the child and caregiver perspectives.
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