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Scoring of side-effects: scoring systems
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Trade-off between specificity and patient relevance
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Bentzen Sem Rad Oncol 2003
QoL: some are health related, others not
DWI MRI: biological significance
VitB12: malabsorption
Scoring of side-effects: scoring systems
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Patient’s role in toxicity reporting: how well do
different scoring systems compare?
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Bentzen Sem Rad Oncol 2003
Patient-reported late toxicities have
a negative impact on QoL
Patient-based questionnaires are an
important contributor to capturing
late RT effects
Ho Radiother Oncol 2010