Aktuelle Entwicklungen bei der Erfassung der Lebensqualität mit Instrumenten der European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)*

Abstract

Since many years, the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Group develops and validates measures for the assessment of quality of life in cancer patients, using high standards of methodology. These questionnaires are meant to be used primarily in clinical trials.As treatment strategies are changing and because of some -methodological criticism, the head and neck module EORTC QLQ-H&N35 is currently being revised and updated.In this paper, we will present the current state of work and other recent developments regarding the EORTC Quality of Life questionnaire development.

Quality of life in patients with esophageal cancer receiving definitive chemoradiotherapy or esophagectomy

“…However, the validity and sensitivity of QLQ-C30 has been previously confirmed by a number of institutes and therefore serves as a useful tool for obtaining objective information (3). The QLQ-C30 questionnaire has been used as one type of indicator for physical activity, psychological disorder and social adjustment in numerous countries, and it explores the variation of the QOL of patients with cancer (4,5). Prolonging the life span as well as improving the QOL of patients is important.…”