Nineteen studies were included in the review. We found strong evidence for a positive association between pre-treatment physical functioning and survival and between change in global quality of life from pre-treatment to 6 months after treatment and survival. I.e. patients with better physical functioning before treatment and with more positive or less negative changes in global quality of life had better survival.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Health related quality of life and survival in patients with head and neck cancer: A systematic review
In a study just published in the journal Oral Oncology -with Annette van Nieuwenhuizen as first author- we systematically reviewed the available scientific evidence on the association between health-related quality of life and survival in patients with head and neck cancer.
Nineteen studies were included in the review. We found strong evidence for a positive association between pre-treatment physical functioning and survival and between change in global quality of life from pre-treatment to 6 months after treatment and survival. I.e. patients with better physical functioning before treatment and with more positive or less negative changes in global quality of life had better survival.
Nineteen studies were included in the review. We found strong evidence for a positive association between pre-treatment physical functioning and survival and between change in global quality of life from pre-treatment to 6 months after treatment and survival. I.e. patients with better physical functioning before treatment and with more positive or less negative changes in global quality of life had better survival.
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