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Quality of life

Questionnaire developed specifically for older people with cancer

Nature Reviews Urology volume 7, page 534 (2010)Cite this article

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The idea that older people might interpret the term 'quality of life' differently to their younger counterparts would seem to be intuitive. To date, however, there has been no tool with which to specifically evaluate the health-related quality of life of elderly patients with cancer.

During a literature review, Colin Johnson et al. found “no elderly-specific tool, and no evidence that more general tools had been validated in older people.” This prompted development of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire module for older people with cancer (or EORTC QLQ-ELD15).

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  1. Johnson, C. et al. Development of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire module for older people with cancer: the EORTC QLQ-ELD15. Eur. J. Cancer 46, 2242–2252 (2010)

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Kirk, R. Questionnaire developed specifically for older people with cancer. Nat Rev Urol 7, 534 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2010.160

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