Contribution of patient-reported symptoms before palliative radiotherapy to development of multivariable prognostic models

C Nieder, TA Kämpe - Anticancer Research, 2018 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: Typically, prognostic scores predicting survival in patients with metastatic
cancer are based on disease-and patient-related factors, such as extent of metastases, age …

Patient-reported symptoms before palliative radiotherapy predict survival differences

C Nieder, TA Kämpe, A Pawinski… - Strahlentherapie und …, 2018 - search.proquest.com
Background Widely used prognostic scores, eg, for brain or bone metastases, are based on
disease-and patient-related factors such as extent of metastases, age and performance …

[HTML][HTML] Replacing performance status with a simple patient-reported outcome in palliative radiotherapy prognostic modelling

D Howdon, W van den Hout, Y van der Linden… - Clinical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Prognostication is key to determining care in advanced incurable
cancer. Although performance status (PS) has been shown to be a strong prognostic …

Predictive factors for well-being in advanced cancer patients referred for palliative radiotherapy

K Lien, L Zeng, L Zhang, J Nguyen, J Di Giovanni… - Clinical Oncology, 2012 - Elsevier
AIM: Well-being falls within a broad category of quality of life indicators and encompasses
both physical and emotional factors. Identification of the most important factors affecting …

Associations between baseline symptom burden as assessed by patient-reported outcomes and overall survival of patients with metastatic cancer

A Batra, L Yang, DJ Boyne, A Harper… - Supportive Care in …, 2021 - Springer
Background Serial symptom assessments using patient-reported outcomes may be
challenging to implement in routine clinical practices. We aimed to determine if a single …

Patient-reported symptom burden, rate of completion of palliative radiotherapy and 30-day mortality in two groups of cancer patients managed with or without …

C Nieder, A Dalhaug, E Haukland… - Anticancer …, 2018 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze differences in symptom burden,
baseline and outcome parameters, including completion of palliative radiotherapy and 30 …

A survey of expectations and understanding of palliative radiotherapy from patients with advanced cancer

G Mitera, L Zhang, A Sahgal, E Barnes, M Tsao… - Clinical oncology, 2012 - Elsevier
AIMS:: To assess patients' understanding of their illness and expectations of palliative
radiotherapy for symptomatic metastases before and after consultation and to explore the …

Edmonton symptom assessment scale as a prognosticative indicator in patients with advanced cancer

L Zeng, L Zhang, S Culleton, F Jon… - Journal of palliative …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Background: Few studies incorporate patient self-assessment scales in prognostic models of
survival prediction. The Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) is commonly used …

Independent external validation of the METSSS model predicting survival after palliative radiotherapy

C Nieder, B Mannsåker, R Yobuta - Anticancer Research, 2022 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: A validation of the recently published METSSS model (developed from a
large US database) predicting survival after palliative radiotherapy was performed. METSSS …

Comparing baseline symptom severity and demographics over two time periods in an outpatient palliative radiotherapy clinic

L Khan, J Kwong, J Nguyen, E Chow, L Zhang… - Supportive Care in …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose The primary objective of this study was to compare the symptom severity in two
different patient populations assessed in an outpatient palliative radiotherapy clinic over two …