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01-09-2008 | Letter to the Editor

In reply to Mauer et al. “Statistical methodology is crucial in prognostic factor-analysis of health-related quality of life”

Auteur: Se Hoon Park

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 7/2008

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I would like to thank Dr. Mauer and researchers from the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) [1] for their important comments on our recent publication regarding health-related quality of life (QOL) in gastric cancer patients treated with first-line chemotherapy [2]. They express their opinion that the modeling strategy lacked clear selection criteria and validation. Clearly our analysis, which was conducted in a single center on a relatively small number of patients, did not establish a definitive causal relationship between baseline QOL and survival. However, there is agreement that QOL provides an assessment of patient well-being as well as of cancer survival [3]. …

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Mauer, M. E., Bottomley, A., & Coens, C. (2008). Statistical methodology is crucial in prognostic factor-analysis of health-related quality of life. Quality of Life Research. doi:10.1007/s11136-008-9357-y.PubMed

Park, S. H., Cho, M. S., Kim, Y. S., et al. (2008). Self-reported health-related quality of life predicts survival for patients with advanced gastric cancer treated with first-line chemotherapy. Quality of Life Research, 17, 207–214.PubMedCrossRef

Gotay, C. C., Kawamoto, C. T., Bottomley, A., & Efficace, F. (2008). The prognostic significance of patient-reported outcomes in cancer clinical trials. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 26, 1355–1363.PubMedCrossRef

Efficace, F., Innominato, P. F., Bjarnason, G., et al. (2008). Validation of patient’s self-reported social functioning as an independent prognostic factor for survival in metastatic colorectal cancer patients: Results of an International Study by the Chronotherapy Group of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 26, 2020–2026.PubMedCrossRef

Titel: In reply to Mauer et al. “Statistical methodology is crucial in prognostic factor-analysis of health-related quality of life”
Auteur: Se Hoon Park
Publicatiedatum: 01-09-2008
Uitgeverij: Springer Netherlands
Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 7/2008
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-008-9377-7

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