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Title:

Proxy assessment of patients before and after radiotherapy for brain metastases. Results of a prospective study using the DEGRO brain module.

Document type:
Comparative Study; Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Validation Studies
Author(s):
Steinmann, D; Vordermark, D; Geinitz, H; Aschoff, R; Bayerl, A; Gerstein, J; Hipp, M; van Oorschot, B; Wypior, H J; Schäfer, C
Abstract:
Proxies of patients with poor performance status could give useful information about the patients' quality of life (QoL). We applied a newly developed questionnaire in a prospective QoL study of patients undergoing radiotherapy for brain metastases in order to make the first move to validate this instrument, and we compared the results with scores obtained using validated patient-completed instruments.From January 2007 to June 2010, 166 patients with previously untreated brain metastases were r...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Strahlenther Onkol
Year:
2013
Journal volume:
189
Journal issue:
1
Pages contribution:
47-53
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1007/s00066-012-0239-4
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23161120
Print-ISSN:
0179-7158
TUM Institution:
Klinik und Poliklinik für RadioOnkologie und Strahlentherapie
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