Evaluation of the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire: a comparison with SF-36 Health Survey in a cohort of Italian long-survival cancer patients.

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Published in Ann Oncol on May 01, 1998

Authors

G Apolone1, A Filiberti, S Cifani, R Ruggiata, P Mosconi

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratorio per la Ricerca Clinica Oncologica, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy. apolone@irfmn.mnegri.it

Associated clinical trials:

Cross Cultural Validation of the Italian Version of the Bt-DUX | NCT04074291

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