Health-Related Quality of Life is Prognostic of Survival in Patients With Cancer

Monday 6 September 2010

Health-related quality of life (HRQL) was found to be prognostic of survival in patients with hepatocellular and cholangiocarcinoma in a study presented here at the International Union Against Cancer (UICC)'s biennial World Cancer Congress 2010. This was true even when demographic, disease-specific, and treatment-related factors were controlled for.

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