Effect of cancer on quality of life. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by David Osoba.
• Authors: Osoba, David
• Editors: Osoba, David
• Contents: 1. Perspectives on Quality of Life and the Global Cancer Problem 2. Measuring Functioning, Well-Being, and Other Generic Health Concepts 3. Measuring the Effect of Cancer on Quality of Life 4. Prediction of Psychosocial Distress in Patients with Cancer 5. N of 1 Randomized Controlled Trials for Investigation of Quality of Life in Cancer 6. Quality of Life of the Treatment Process in Pediatric Oncology: An Approach to Measurement 7. A Practical Guide for Selecting Quality-of-Life Measures in Clinical Trials and Practice 8. Incorporation of Quality-of-Life Assessment into Clinical Trials 9. Statistical Analysis of Trials Assessing Quality of Life 10. Economic Evaluations of Cancer Care — Incorporating Quality-of-Life Issues 11. Uses (and Some Possible Abuses) of Quality-of-Life Measures 12. Cancer Patients' Unmet Support Needs as a Quality-of-Life Indicator 13. The Spitzer Quality-of-Life Index: Its Performance as a Measure 14. The EORTC Core Quality-of-Life Questionnaire: Interim Results of an International Field Study 15. Quality of Life in Breast Cancer 16. Women's Sexuality Following Breast Cancer 17. Methodological Issues in Anti-Emetic Studies 18. Anticipatory Nausea and Vomiting Side Effects Experienced by Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy Treatment 19. Selective 5-HT3, Receptor Antagonists: A Novel Class of Antiemetics 20. Pain and Quality of Life: Theoretical Aspects 21. Pain Assessment in Cancer 22. Clinical Trials in Pain Control 23. Quality-of-Life Research in the European Palliative Care Setting 24. Quality-of-Life Research in Hospice Care
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.994; Cancer -- Palliative treatment -- Evaluation; Cancer -- Palliative treatment -- Research -- Methodology; Quality of life -- Evaluation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000142037
• Related ISBNs: 9781000098907; 9781000120707; 9781003068648
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