Outcomes Assessment in Cancer

Measures, Methods and Applications
Herausgeber: Gotay, Carolyn C.; Snyder, Claire; Lipscomb, Joseph

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a practical 2005 guide to cancer outcomes measurement and cancer care evaluation and enhancement.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 678
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1289g
• ISBN-13: 9781107403161
• ISBN-10: 1107403162
• Artikelnr.: 33629202

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction Joseph Lipscomb, Carolyn C. Gotay and
Claire Snyder; 2. Definitions and conceptual models of quality of life
Carol Estwing Ferrans; 3. Assessing health status and quality of life of
cancer patients: the use of general instruments Pennifer Erickson; 4. The
roles for preference-based measures in support of cancer research and
policy David H. Feeny; 5. Instruments to measure the specific health impact
of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy on cancer patients Michael J. Barry
and Janet E. Dancey; 6. Quality of life in breast cancer - what have we
learned and where do we go from here? Patricia A. Ganz and Pamela J.
Goodwin; 7. Measuring quality of life in prostate cancer: progress and
challenges Mark S. Litwin and James A. Talcott; 8. The science of quality
of life measurement in lung cancer Craig C. Earle and Jane C. Weeks; 9.
Treatment for colorectal cancer: impact on health-related quality of life
Carol M. Moinpour and Dawn Provenzale; 10. Short-term outcomes of
chemoprevention, genetic susceptibility testing and screening
interventions: what are they? How are they measured? When should they be
measured? Jeanne S. Mandelblatt and Joe V. Selby; 11. Evaluating quality of
life in cancer survivors Brad Zebrack and David Cella; 12. Assessing
health-related quality of life at end of life Betty R. Ferrell; 13. Patient
advocate perspective on health-related quality of life issues with prostate
cancer survivors James E. Williams; 14. Measuring the patient's perspective
on the interpersonal aspects of cancer care Charles Darby; 15. Needs
assessment in cancer David H. Gustafson; 16. Assessing the subjective
impact of caregiving on informal caregivers of cancer patients Claire
Snyder; 17. Practical considerations in outcomes assessment for clinical
trials Diane L. Fairclough; 18. Statistical issues in the application of
cancer outcome measures J. A. Sloan; 19. The clinical value and meaning of
health-related quality-of-life outcomes in oncology David Osoba; 20.
Cross-cultural use of health-related quality of life assessments in
clinical oncology Neil K. Aaronson; 21. Item response theory and its
applications for cancer outcomes measurement Steven P. Reise; 22.
Applications of item response theory to improve health outcomes assessment:
developing item banks, linking instruments, and computer-adaptive testing
Ronald K. Hambleton; 23. Subscales and summary scales: issues in
health-related outcomes Mark Wilson; 24. On the definition and measurement
of the economic burden of cancer Mark C. Hornbrook; 25. Cost-effectiveness
analysis in cancer: toward an iterative framework for integration of
evidence from trials and models Bernie J. O'Brien; 26. Data for cancer
outcomes research: identifying and strengthening the empirical base Carolyn
C. Gotay and Joseph Lipscomb; 27. Use of health-related quality-of-life
measures by industry and regulatory agencies in evaluating oncology
therapies Dennis A. Revicki; 28. Reflections on COMWG findings and moving
to the next phase Carolyn C. Gotay, Joseph Lipscomb and Claire F. Snyder;
Invited Papers: i. The world of outcomes research: yesterday, today, and
tomorrow Bert Spilker; ii. The ten D's of health outcomes measurement for
the 21st Century Colleen A. McHorney and Karon Cook; iii. The use of
cognitive interviewing techniques in quality of life and patient-reported
outcomes assessment Gordon Willis, Bryce B. Reeve and Ivan Barofsky; ivD.
Industry perspective regarding outcomes research in oncology Kati
Copley-Merriman, Joseph Jackson, Gregory Boyer, Joseph C. Cappelleri,
Robert DeMarinis, Joseph DiCesare, Haim Erder, Jean Paul Gagnon, Lou
Garrison, Kathleen Gondek, Kim A. Heithoff, Tom Hughes, David Miller,
Margaret Rothman, Nancy Santanello, Richard Willke and Bruce Wong; Index.