Q‐TWiST: What really matters to the cancer patient?

The quality‐adjusted time without symptoms of disease or toxicity method improves on the current benchmarks of overall and progression‐free survival by adding adverse events and utility coefficients to account for patients' quality of life. This will provide patients and their caregivers with a...

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Published inCancer Vol. 123; no. 12; pp. 2200 - 2202
Main Authors Husson, Olga, Jones, Robin L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 15.06.2017
Subjects
Benchmarks
Cancer
Patients
Physicians
Quality of life
Toxic diseases
Toxicity
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Summary:The quality‐adjusted time without symptoms of disease or toxicity method improves on the current benchmarks of overall and progression‐free survival by adding adverse events and utility coefficients to account for patients' quality of life. This will provide patients and their caregivers with additional information critical to making treatment decisions. See also pages 2294‐302.
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ISSN:0008-543X
1097-0142
DOI:10.1002/cncr.30662