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Harald Rimmele

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Quality-of-Life Priorities in Patients with Thyroid Cancer : a Multinational European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Phase I Study

2016

Item does not contain fulltext BACKGROUND: The objectives of this study were to determine quality of life (QoL) issues that are relevant to thyroid cancer patients cross-culturally, and to identify those with highest relevance to them in addition to the more general issues covered by the core European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer QoL questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30). METHODS: A systematic literature search provided a list of potentially relevant QoL issues to supplement the core questionnaire EORTC QLQ-C30, which is widely used in research and in care and addresses QoL issues relevant to all groups of cancer patients. A panel of experts revised this list, and thyroid cance…

AdultCross-Cultural ComparisonMalemedicine.medical_specialtyPathologyInternationalityEndocrinology Diabetes and MetabolismAlternative medicine030209 endocrinology & metabolism03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineEndocrinologyQuality of lifeAdenocarcinoma FollicularMedicineHumansIn patientThyroid NeoplasmsVoluntary Health AgenciesThyroid cancerFatigueAgedNeoplasm StagingAged 80 and overbusiness.industryCancerRehabilitation VocationalMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseCross-cultural studiesCombined Modality TherapyCarcinoma PapillaryhumanitiesPhase i studyCarcinoma NeuroendocrineEuropeMultinational corporationThyroid Cancer Papillary030220 oncology & carcinogenesisFamily medicineCarcinoma MedullaryQuality of LifeFemaleSelf ReportbusinessRare cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 9]
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Results of the Thyroid Cancer Alliance international patient/survivor survey: Psychosocial/informational support needs, treatment side effects and in…

2013

To comprehensively assess the experience of a large, diverse cohort and identify potential care improvements, the Thyroid Cancer Alliance, an international patient/survivor group coalition, surveyed thyroid cancer patients/survivors worldwide.English, German, French or Spanish versions of a self-developed 43-item questionnaire were completed, predominantly online, by 2398 respondents from the US (37.9%), Germany (21.3%), the UK (11.5%), Canada (11.4%), France (9%), and 35 other countries. Females and differentiated thyroid carcinoma patients each comprised ~87% of respondents. Diagnosis occurred at age 30-59 years in 71.8%, within1 (1-5) year(s) before survey completion in 16.4% (55%).At di…

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyCanadaReferralCross-sectional studyEndocrinology Diabetes and MetabolismThyroid carcinomaCohort StudiesIodine RadioisotopesSocial supportGermanySurveys and QuestionnairesmedicineHumansSurvivorsThyroid NeoplasmsThyroid cancerReferral and Consultationbusiness.industrySocial SupportGeneral MedicineMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseUnited KingdomUnited StatesCross-Sectional StudiesFamily medicineCohortThyroidectomyFemaleFrancebusinessPsychosocialStress PsychologicalCohort studyHormones (Athens, Greece)
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