Li L, Yeo W. Value of quality of life analysis in liver cancer: A clinician’s perspective. World J Hepatol 2017; 9(20): 867-883 [PMID: 28804570 DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v9.i20.867]
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Winnie Yeo, MBBS (Lond), AKC (Lond), FHKCP (HK), FHKAM (HK), FRCP (Lond), FRCP (Edin), Professor, Department of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China. winnieyeo@cuhk.edu.hk
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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World J Hepatol. Jul 18, 2017; 9(20): 867-883 Published online Jul 18, 2017. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v9.i20.867
Value of quality of life analysis in liver cancer: A clinician’s perspective
Leung Li, Winnie Yeo
Leung Li, Winnie Yeo, Department of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Author contributions: Both authors equally contributed to this paper with conception and design of the study, literature review and analysis, drafting and critical revision and editing, and final approval of the final version.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No potential conflicts of interest. No financial support.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Winnie Yeo, MBBS (Lond), AKC (Lond), FHKCP (HK), FHKAM (HK), FRCP (Lond), FRCP (Edin), Professor, Department of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China. winnieyeo@cuhk.edu.hk
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Received: February 21, 2017 Peer-review started: February 26, 2017 First decision: March 29, 2017 Revised: May 15, 2017 Accepted: May 22, 2017 Article in press: May 24, 2017 Published online: July 18, 2017 Processing time: 145 Days and 23.2 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Health related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important clinical parameter and research endpoint in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. Instruments discussed are short form (SF)-36, SF-12, EQ-5D, World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL) 100, WHOQOL-BREF, the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT)-G, Spitzer QoL index, EORTC QLQ-HCC18, FACT-Hep, FHSI-8, TOI. Important utilization of HRQOL included measurement and monitoring of HRQOL, treatment endpoint in clinical trial, prognostication of survival, benchmarking of palliative care service and health care valuation. Various difficulties in using HRQOL data in research and clinical practice, including choosing a suitable instrument, missing data, data interpretation, analysis and presentation are explained. Potential solutions are also discussed.
