Publications in 2009
An Editorial was published recently "Making better use of existing cancer data: Patient Reported Outcomes and Behavioral Evidence: a new international initiative. Bottomley A, Quinten C, Coens C, Martinelli F, Mauer M, Maringwa J, Cleeland CS, Flechtner H, Gotay C, Greimel E, King M, Osoba D, Taphoorn M, Reeve B, Ringash J, Schmucker-Von Koch J, Weis J, European Journal of Cancer (Engl). 2009 Mar;18(2):105-7.
Pre-publications in 2009
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1. Martinelli F, Quinten C, Maringwa J, Coens C, Vercauteren J, Cleeland C, Flechtner H, Gotay C, Greimel E, King M, Mendoza T, Osoba D, Taphoorn M, Reeve B, Ringash J, Shi Q, Schmucker-Von Koch J, Wang X, Weis J, Bottomley A, Examining the relationships among Health-Related Quality of Life indicators in cancer patients: a pooled study of baseline EORTC QLQ-C30 data.
2. Maringwa J, Quinten C, King M, Ringash J, Osoba D, Coens C, Martinellia F, Vercauteren J, Cleeland C, Flechtner H, Gotay C, Greimel E, Taphoorn M, Reeve B, Schmucker-Von Koch J, Weis J, Bottomley A, Minimal Important Differences for Interpreting Health Related Quality of Life Scores from the EORTC QLQ-C30 in Lung Cancer Patients Participating in Randomized Clinical Trials.
Abstracts in 2009
A total of 13 abstracts have been presented to date at major international conferences:
1 abstract has been presented at ISPOR, Florida, May 2009
Quinten C, Martinelli F, Coens C, Maringwa J, Cleeland C, Fechtner H, Gotay C, Greimel E, King M6, Osoba D, Taphoorn MJB, Reeve B, Ringash J, Schmucker-Von Koch J, Weis J, Bottomley A. A methodological investigation to define a clinically relevant cut-off point in the ordinal scale of the EORTC QLQ-C30 Questionnaire. Poster presentation at the 14th ISPOR Annual International Meeting, May, Orlando, Florida. 2009
4 abstracts have been presented at ASCO, Florida, June 2009
1. Bottomley A, Coens C, King M, Osoba D, Taphoorn MJ, Reeve B, Ringash J, Schmucker-Von Koch J, Weis J, Quinten C. Is patient self-reporting more accurate than clinician reporting of symptoms for predicting survival in patients with cancer? Meta-analysis of 30 closed EORTC randomized controlled trials. 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Orlando, FLO (USA), June 2009. Journal of Clinical Oncology 27:15s, (suppl; abstr 9597), 2009.
2. Quinten C, Martinelli F, Coens C, Cleeland CS, Flechtner H, Gotay C, Greimel E, Taphoorn MJ, Weis J, Bottomley A. The predictive accuracy of survival between patient-reported versus clinician-reported pain in a cohort of 1,214 patients with metastatic cancer. 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), FLO (USA), June 2009. Journal of Clinical Oncology 27:15s, (suppl; abstr 9607), 2009.
3. Martinelli F, Quinten C, Coens C, Flechtner H, Gotay C, Mendoza T, Osoba D, Reeve B, Wang X, Bottomley A. Relationships among health-related quality of life indicators in cancer patients: A pooled study of baseline EORTC QLQ-C30 data from 6,739 patients. 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), FLO (USA), June 2009. Journal of Clinical Oncology 27:15s, (suppl; abstr 9612), 2009.
4. Coens C, Martinelli F, Quinten C, Cleeland CS, Greimel E, King M, Ringash J, Schmucker-Von Koch J, Shi Q, Bottomley A. Health-related quality of life indicators and overall quality of life: Results from a cluster analysis on baseline EORTC QLQ-C30 data from 6,739 cancer patients. 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), FLA (USA), June 2009. Journal of Clinical Oncology 27:15s, (suppl; abstr e20576), 2009.
1 abstract has been presented at MASCC, Roma, June 2009
Chantal Quinten, Carolyn Gotay, Jolie Ringash, Bryce Reeve, Madeleine King,
Andrew Bottomley. "The association between age and gender with health related quality of life for cancer patients stratified by disease severity: a meta-analysis
of randomized controlled trials" (oral presentation)
3 abstracts have been presented at the joint ECCO 15-34th ESMO , Berlin, September 2009
1. C. Quinten, F. Martinelli, J. Maringwa, C. Coens, E. Greimel, H. Flechtner, J.
SchmuckerVon Koch, M. Taphoorn, J. Weis, A. Bottomley on behalf of the EORTC.
"An evaluation of the association between age and health related quality of life and symptoms in cancer patients. A pooled analysis of closed EORTC Randomized Controlled Trials". European Journal of Cancer, 7, p 234. Presented at the European Cancer Organisation Conference, Berlin, Germany, September 2009.
2. Maringwa J., Coens C., Quinten C., Martinelli F., Gotay C., King M., Osoba D.,
Ringash J., Bottomley A on behalf of the EORTC. "Determining the Minimal Clinically Important Difference for Health Related Quality of Life Scores from the
EORTC QLQ-C30 in Lung Cancer Patients: A Meta-Analysis of Pooled Data" European Journal of Cancer, 7, p 244. Presented at the European Cancer Organisation Conference, Berlin, Germany, September 2009.
3. F. Martinelli, J. Maringwa, C. Quinten, C. Coens, C. Cleeland, T. Mendoza, B. Reeve, Q. Shiling, S. Wang and A. Bottomley on behalf of the EORTC. "Factor analysis of the HealthRelated Quality of Life indicators of the QLQC30
in 6798 cancer patients." European Journal of Cancer, 7, p 175. Presented at the European Cancer Organisation Conference, Berlin, Germany, September 2009.
3 abstracts have been presented at ISOQOL, New Orleans, October 2009
1. Chantal Quinten, John Maringwa, Francesca Martinelli, Corneel Coens, Charles S. Cleeland, Henning Flechtner, Carolyn Gotay,Eva Greimel, Madeleine King, David Osoba, Martin J. Taphoorn, Bryce B. Reeve, Jolie Ringash, Joseph Schmucker-Von Koch, Joachim Weis, Andrew Bottomley.
"The association between age and gender and the financial burden in cancer patients: a pooled analysis of closed EORTC cancer trials." Poster presentation at the 15th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, New Orleans, USA, October 2009.
2. John Maringwa, Chantal Quinten, Francesca Martinelli, Corneel Coens, Charles S. Cleeland, Henning Flechtner, Carolyn Gotay, Eva Greimel, Madeleine King, David Osoba, Martin J. Taphoorn, Bryce B. Reeve, Jolie Ringash, Joseph Schmucker-Von Koch, Joachim Weis, Giuseppe Giaccone, Pieter Postmus,Egbert F. Smit, Jan Van Meerbeeck, Andrew Bottomley. "Minimal important differences for health related quality of life scores from the EORTC QLQ-C30 in lung cancer patients: analysis of pooled data." Poster presentation at the 15th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, New Orleans, USA, October 2009.
3. Francesca Martinelli, Chantal Quinten, John Maringwa, Corneel Coens, Charles Cleeland, Henning Flechtner, Carolyn Gotay, Eva Greimel,Madeleine King, Tito Mendoza, Toru Okuyama, David Osoba, Bryce Reeve, Xin Wang, Joachim Weis, Young Yun, Andrew Bottomley. "A symptom index for cancer patients based on the QLQ-C30". Oral presentation at the 15th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, New Orleans, USA, October 2009.
1 abstract (issue panel discussion) has been presented at ISPOR, Paris, October 2009
