caa a22 4500 475752910 CHVBK 20180406123529.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s005950050055 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s005950050055 The Prognostic Value of Quality-of-Life Scores: Preliminary Results of an Analysis of Patients with Breast Cancer [Elektronische Daten] [Kojiro Shimozuma, Hiroshi Sonoo, Kiyoshi Ichihara, Katsuhiro Tanaka] This study was conducted to elucidate the prognostic value of patient-assessed quality-of-life (QL) scores in cancer patients. QL was assessed in 47 consecutive patients with advanced or end-stage breast cancer using the Quality of Life Questionnaire for Cancer Patients Treated with Anticancer Drugs (QOL-ACD). The data collected from 19 of the 47 patients, who completed QL questionnaires more than twice before dying of cancer, were analyzed. The relationships between the QL scores and subsequent survival were examined at two assessment points, being the first and last assessment points of each of the 19 patients; corresponding respectively to median survival times of 14 and 4 months. The prognostic significance of the changes in QL scores that occurred over 3 months before the last assessment point was also examined. At the last assessment point, the scores of the physical aspects of QL were significantly related to survival. The change in scores of both overall QL and the physical aspects of QL were also significant predictors of survival. On the other hand, neither the scores nor the change in scores of the psychological and social aspects of QL was significant. This study indicates that both QL scores and changes in QL scores are promising prognostic predictors. Springer-Verlag, 2000 breast cancer nationallicence prognosis nationallicence quality of life nationallicence palliative care nationallicence Shimozuma Kojiro Department of Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Division, Kawasaki Medical School, 575 Matsushima, 701-0192, Kurashiki, Japan aut Sonoo Hiroshi Department of Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Division, Kawasaki Medical School, 575 Matsushima, 701-0192, Kurashiki, Japan aut Ichihara Kiyoshi Department of Clinical Pathology, Kawasaki Medical School, 575 Matsushima, 701-0192, Kurashiki, Japan aut Tanaka Katsuhiro Department of Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Division, Kawasaki Medical School, 575 Matsushima, 701-0192, Kurashiki, Japan aut Surgery Today Springer-Verlag 30/3(2000-03-01), 255-261 0941-1291 30:3<255 2000 30 595 https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950050055 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950050055 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shimozuma Kojiro Department of Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Division, Kawasaki Medical School, 575 Matsushima, 701-0192, Kurashiki, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sonoo Hiroshi Department of Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Division, Kawasaki Medical School, 575 Matsushima, 701-0192, Kurashiki, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ichihara Kiyoshi Department of Clinical Pathology, Kawasaki Medical School, 575 Matsushima, 701-0192, Kurashiki, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tanaka Katsuhiro Department of Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Division, Kawasaki Medical School, 575 Matsushima, 701-0192, Kurashiki, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Surgery Today Springer-Verlag 30/3(2000-03-01), 255-261 0941-1291 30:3<255 2000 30 595 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer