Although patients experience radiation proctitis post radiotherapy no internationally tested instruments exist to measure these symptoms. This Phase IV study tested the scale structure, reliability and validity and cross-cultural applicability of the EORTC proctitis module (QLQ-PRT23) in patients who were receiving pelvic radiotherapy.
International validation of the EORTC QLQ-PRT20 module for assessment of quality of life symptoms relating to radiation proctitis: a phase IV study / Halkett, Georgia K B; Wigley, Charles Adam; Aoun, Samar M; Portaluri, Maurizio; Tramacere, Francesco; Livi, Lorenzo; Detti, Beatrice; Arcangeli, Stefano; Lund, Jo-Asmund; Kristensen, Are; McFadden, Nathalie; Grun, Arne; Bydder, Sean; Sackerer, Irina; Greimel, Elfriede; Spry, Nigel. - In: RADIATION ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 1748-717X. - ELETTRONICO. - 13:(2018), pp. 1-10. [10.1186/s13014-018-1107-x]
International validation of the EORTC QLQ-PRT20 module for assessment of quality of life symptoms relating to radiation proctitis: a phase IV study
Livi, Lorenzo;
2018
Abstract
Although patients experience radiation proctitis post radiotherapy no internationally tested instruments exist to measure these symptoms. This Phase IV study tested the scale structure, reliability and validity and cross-cultural applicability of the EORTC proctitis module (QLQ-PRT23) in patients who were receiving pelvic radiotherapy.
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