Behavioral Science Research in the Cooperative Group Setting: the Southwest Oncology Group Experience

SWOG behavioral scientists have made important contributions to this area of research through advocating the importance of QOL outcomes and their incorporation in clinical protocols and developing rigorous methodology for assessing so-called "soft end points," such as QOL. Following an ini...

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Veröffentlicht in:	JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2000-09, Vol.92 (17), p.1381-1387
Hauptverfasser:	Gotay, Carolyn Cook, Moinpour, Carol M., Moody-Thomas, Sarah, Gritz, Ellen R., Albain, Kathy S., DeAntoni, Edward, Hansen, Lisa, Ganz, Patricia A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Behavioral sciences Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control Breast Self-Examination Cancer Cancer Care Facilities - organization & administration Female Hispanic Americans Humans Lung Neoplasms - psychology Male Multicenter Studies as Topic Neoplasms - diagnosis Neoplasms - prevention & control Neoplasms - psychology Neoplasms - therapy Outcome Assessment (Health Care) Prevention Primary Prevention Prostatic Neoplasms - prevention & control Quality Control Quality of Life Recurrence Southwestern United States
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Zusammenfassung:	SWOG behavioral scientists have made important contributions to this area of research through advocating the importance of QOL outcomes and their incorporation in clinical protocols and developing rigorous methodology for assessing so-called "soft end points," such as QOL. Following an initial experience in which poor QOL questionnaire-submission rates forced the closure of one QOL companion study (10), specific SWOG policies for QOL studies have been developed (5) and revised.
ISSN:	0027-8874 1460-2105 1460-2105
DOI:	10.1093/jnci/92.17.1381