International validation of the EORTC QLQ-PRT20 module for assessment of quality of life symptoms relating to radiation proctitis: a phase IV study
Abstract Background Although patients experience radiation proctitis post radiotherapy no internationally tested instruments exist to measure these symptoms. This Phase IV study tested the scale structure, reliability and validity and cross-cultural applicability of the EORTC proctitis module (QLQ-P...
Main Authors: | Georgia K. B. Halkett, Charles Adam Wigley, Samar M Aoun, Maurizio Portaluri, Francesco Tramacere, Lorenzo Livi, Beatrice Detti, Stefano Arcangeli, Jo-Asmund Lund, Are Kristensen, Nathalie McFadden, Arne Grun, Sean Bydder, Irina Sackerer, Elfriede Greimel, Nigel Spry, on behalf of the EORTC Quality of Life Group |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-08-01
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Series: | Radiation Oncology |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-018-1107-x |
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