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Patient-reported Outcomes in Cancer: A Review of Recent Research and Policy Initiatives

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: There is growing recognition that patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures--encompassing, for example, health-related quality of life--can complement traditional biomedical outcome measures (eg, survival, disease-free survival) in conveying important information for cancer care decision making. This paper provides an integrated review and interpretation of how PROs have been defined, measured, and used in a range of recent cancer research and policy initiatives. We focus, in turn, on the role of PRO measurement in the evaluation and approval of cancer therapies, the assessment of cancer care in the community, patient-provider decision making in clinical oncology practice, and population surveillance of cancer patients and survivors. The paper concludes with a discussion of future challenges and opportunities in PRO measure development and application, given the advancing state of the science in cancer outcomes measurement and the evolving needs of cancer decision makers at all levels.

Source: CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

DOI: 10.3322/ca.57.5.278

Authors: J. Lipscomb, C. C. Gotay, C. F. Snyder

Institutions: Emory University, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Hawaii System, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Language: English

Topic: Cancer survivorship and care

Subfield: Oncology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $4,330