[Health-related quality of life in patients treated for ovarian cancer: Tools and issues.]
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Date publication
janvier 2015
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr BALDAUF Jean-Jacques, Pr MATHELIN Carole
Tous les auteurs :
Bryand A, Hamidou Z, Paget-Bailly S, Bonnetain F, Mathelin C, Baldauf JJ, Akladios C
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Résumé
Health-related quality of life (QoL) in patients treated for ovarian cancer is directly and heavily impacted by the natural history of cancer, its evolution and its therapeutic modalities. The evaluation and consideration of various parameters of QoL seems to be a major issue. Indeed, on the one hand, it is essential to take into account the opinion of patients in the choice of therapeutic strategies for this cancer with a poor prognosis and, on the other hand, more and more studies show that QoL is an independent prognostic factor in ovarian cancer. Improvement in this case, in addition to being an endpoint by itself, would potentially improve the overall survival of patients. To date there are several tools to assess QOL of patients with ovarian cancer. The 2 questionnaires most commonly used are: FACT-O and the EORTC QLQ-OV28. The aim of our study was to evaluate from a review of the literature, the reciprocal effects of ovarian cancer on QoL and QoL on ovarian cancer survival, as well as specificities of each of the 2 questionnaires most commonly used in assessing the QoL.
Référence
Gynecol Obstet Fertil. 2015 Jan 14. pii: S1297-9589(14)00379-8