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Patient-reported outcome measures
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PROM
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= ‘any report coming directly from the patient about a health
condition and its treatment’ using a self-reported measure’
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focus on physical symptoms, treatment toxicities,
psychosocial problems or global health-related QoL impacts
of a health condition
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valued for ensuring that the patients’ experience of cancer
and treatment is represented in the measurement of health
and for capturing the effectiveness of clinical interventions
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