Basic Clinical Radiobiology 2017

Patient-reported outcome measures

Howell D et al Ann Oncol 2015

• PROM • = ‘any report coming directly from the patient about a health condition and its treatment’ using a self-reported measure’ • focus on physical symptoms, treatment toxicities, psychosocial problems or global health-related QoL impacts of a health condition • 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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