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- Title
Patient-reported outcome instruments used to assess pain and functioning in studies of bisphosphonate treatment for bone metastases.
- Authors
Matza, Louis S; Fallowfield, Lesley J; Chung, Karen C; Currie, Brooke M; Van Brunt, Kate; Patrick, Donald L
- Abstract
When treating metastatic bone disease, relief of bone pain is often a key outcome. Because pain cannot be quantified with objective clinical measures, patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures are required to assess patients' subjective experience. The goal of the current review was to examine measures used to assess pain, as well as the impact of pain on functional status and health-related quality of life (HRQL), in trials of bisphosphonates for the treatment of bone metastases.
- Publication
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2012, Vol 20, Issue 4, p657
- ISSN
1433-7339
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00520-011-1356-9