» Articles » PMID: 24480558

Health-related Quality of Life in Small-cell Lung Cancer: a Systematic Review on Reporting of Methods and Clinical Issues in Randomised Controlled Trials

Abstract

Small-cell lung cancer represents about 15% of all lung cancers; increasingly, randomised controlled trials of this disease measure the health-related quality of life of patients. In this Systematic Review we assess the adequacy of reporting of health-related quality-of-life methods in randomised controlled trials of small-cell lung cancer, and the potential effect of this reporting on clinical decision making. Although overall reporting of health-related quality of life was acceptable, improvements are needed to optimise the use of health-related quality of life in randomised controlled trials.

Citing Articles

Real-World Comparison of Health-Related Quality of Life Associated with Use of Immune-Checkpoint Inhibitors in Oncology Patients.

Alwhaibi A, Alenazi M, Alnofaie S, Aldekhail A, Alanazi R, Alghadeer S J Clin Med. 2024; 13(16).

PMID: 39201062 PMC: 11355607. DOI: 10.3390/jcm13164918.


Emotional Experiences of COVID-19 Patients in China: A Qualitative Study.

Deng Y, Li H, Park M Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022; 19(15).

PMID: 35954856 PMC: 9368303. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19159491.


Octogenarians may benefit from stage-specific small cell lung cancer treatment.

Zhou B, Li Q, Qin L, Li Z, Jin K, Dai J Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2021; 10(10):3973-3982.

PMID: 34858785 PMC: 8577968. DOI: 10.21037/tlcr-21-839.


Surgical Treatment of Spinal Cord Compression Caused by Metastatic Small Cell Lung Cancer: Ten Years of Experience in a Single Center.

Gao X, Zhang K, Cao S, Hou S, Wang T, Guo W Cancer Manag Res. 2020; 12:3571-3578.

PMID: 32547194 PMC: 7245442. DOI: 10.2147/CMAR.S250422.


Health-related quality of life in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: A systematic review on reporting of methods in randomized controlled trials.

Faury S, Foucaud J PLoS One. 2020; 15(1):e0227344.

PMID: 31978145 PMC: 6980610. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227344.