In surgical publications, Quality Of Life (QOL) is rarely reported. Yet it can be an important metric that can be of use to physicians and patients when making treatment decisions.
Prior studies of average-risk patients undergoing lobectomy suggested that low baseline QOL scores predict worse survival in patients undergoing non-small cell lung cancer surgery. The results of a multi-center, longitudinal study of high-risk lung cancer patients who underwent sublobar resection counters this idea, ...
In surgical publications, Quality Of Life (QOL) is rarely reported. Yet it can be an important metric that can be of use to physicians and patients when making treatment decisions.
Prior studies of average-risk patients undergoing lobectomy suggested that low baseline QOL scores predict worse survival in patients undergoing non-small cell lung cancer surgery. The results of a multi-center, longitudinal study of high-risk lung cancer patients who underwent sublobar resection counters this idea, ...