European Journal of Cancer
Volume 45, Issue 17 , Pages 3017-3026 , November 2009

Clinical and psychometric validation of the EORTC QLQ-CR29 questionnaire module to assess health-related quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer

  • R.N. Whistance

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    • Division of Surgery, Head and Neck, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
    • Department of General Surgery, North Bristol Trust, Bristol, UK
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  • T. Conroy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Alexis Vautrin, EA 4360, Nancy University, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France
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  • W. Chie

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Graduate Institute of Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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  • A. Costantini

      Affiliations

    • Psycho-oncology Unit, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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  • O. Sezer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology and Haematology, Charite´ – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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  • M. Koller

      Affiliations

    • Center for Clinical Studies, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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  • C.D. Johnson

      Affiliations

    • University Surgical Unit, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK
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  • S.A. Pilkington

      Affiliations

    • University Surgical Unit, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK
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  • J. Arraras

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Hospital De Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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  • E. Ben-Josef

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, USA
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  • A.M. Pullyblank

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, North Bristol Trust, Bristol, UK
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  • P. Fayers

      Affiliations

    • Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
    • Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Technology and Science, Trondheim, Norway
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  • J.M. Blazeby

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    • Division of Surgery, Head and Neck, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Address: Department of Social Medicine, Canynge Hall, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. Tel.: +0117 928 3495; fax: +0117 925 2736.
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  • on behalf of the European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Group

Received 5 August 2009 ,Accepted 20 August 2009.

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PII: S0959-8049(09)00651-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.08.014

European Journal of Cancer
Volume 45, Issue 17 , Pages 3017-3026 , November 2009

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