• Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) · May 2007

    The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer core quality of life questionnaire (QLQ-C30 version 3.0 Turkish) in cancer patients receiving palliative radiotherapy.

    • A Hiçsönmez, K Köse, M N Andrieu, Y Güney, and C Kurtman.
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. asonmez@medicine.ankara.edu.tr
    • Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2007 May 1;16(3):251-7.

    AbstractThe aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of palliative radiotherapy in patients with advanced cancer in terms of improvement in the quality of life [quality of life questionnaire (QLQ)], and to assess the correlation between the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30 (Turkish version 3.0). A total of 88 patients with advanced malignant disease treated with palliative radiotherapy were included in the study. All patients completed the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire before and after treatment, and the patient performance status during the pre-treatment and post-treatment phase (ECOG 2) was correlated to the EORTC QLQ C-30 with subscales. Most patients (87.5%) had metastatic disease, and the remaining (12.5%) had locally advanced disease. Comparing the patients in terms of performance status, those with a better performance status (

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