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Socio-demographic, Clinical, and Genetic Determinants of Quality of Life in Lung Cancer Patients.
Scientific reports - 13 Jul 2018
Pierzynski Jeanne A, Ye Yuanqing, Lippman Scott M, Rodriguez Maria A, Wu Xifeng, Hildebrandt Michelle A T
Abstract excerpt
Patient reported health-related quality of life (QOL) is a major component of the overall well-being of cancer patients, with links to prognosis. In 6,420 lung cancer patients, we identified patient characteristics and genetic determinants of QOL. Patient responses from the SF-12 questionnaire was used to calculate normalized Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) scores. Further, we...
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