The length of consent documents in oncological trials is doubled in twenty years (2009)
Berger, O., Grønberg, B. H., Sand, K., Kaasa, S., Loge, J. H.
Background: The aim of the study was to investigate whether the length of informed consent documents (ICDs) for oncological trials have increased from 1987 to 2007 and analyze the content of the...
Ahlner Elmqvist, Marianne, Bjordal, K, Jordhöy, MS, Kaasa, S, Jannert, M
In a longitudinal study of 297 palliative care patients, 280 patients were followed from inclusion to death. Characteristics and health-related quality of life (HRQL) of the participants and those...
Population-based study of dying in hospital in six European countries (2008)
Cohen, J., Bilsen, J., Addington-Hall, J., Löfmark, R., Miccinesi, G., Kaasa, S., ...
This study examined the proportion of deaths taking place in hospitals in six European countries in relation to demographic, epidemiologic and healthcare factors. Retrospective analyses were...
Groenvold, M., Petersen, M.A., Aaronson, N.K., Arraras, J.I., Blazeby, J.M., Bottomley, A., ...
This study aimed at developing a shortened version of the EORTC QLQ-C30, one of the most widely used health-related quality of life questionnaires in oncology, for palliative care research. The study...
Quality of life in palliative cancer care: results from a cluster randomized trial. (2001)
Jordhoy, MS, Fayers, P, Loge, JH, Ahlner Elmqvist, Marianne, Kaasa, S
A prospective study of quality of life in head and neck cancer patients. Part I: at diagnosis (2001)
Hammerlid, E, Bjordal, K, Ahlner Elmqvist, Marianne, Boysen, M, Evensen, JF, Biorklund, A, ...
A palliative-care intervention and death at home: a cluster randomised trial. (2000)
Jordhoy, MS, Fayers, P, Saltnes, T, Ahlner Elmqvist, Marianne, Jannert, M, Kaasa, S
Bjordal, K, De Graeff, A, Fayers, PM, Hammerlid, E, Van Pottelsberghe, C, Curran, D, ...
This study tests the reliability and validity of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) head and neck cancer module (QLQ-H&N35) and version 3.0 of the EORTC Core...
Loge, J. H., Abrahamsen, A. Foss, Ekeberg, Ø, Kaasa, S.
Background: Late complications after curative treatment of Hodgkin's disease are of special relevance because most of the cured are young adults. The aims of the present study were: (1) to compare...
CHOP versus MACOP-B in aggressive lymphoma - a Nordic Lymphoma Group randomised trial (1999)
Jerkeman, M., Anderson, H., Cavallin-Ståhl, E., Dictor, M., Hagberg, H., Johnson, A., ...
Background: The long-term survival of patients with advanced stage aggressive lymphoma has not improved significantly during the last twenty years. In a randomised trial, the efficacy of MACOP-B, a...
Hodgkin's disease: Quality of life in future trials (1998)
Kaasa, S., Knobel, H., Loge, J. Håvard, Hjermstad, M. Jensen
It is of great importance to collect data of objective as well as subjective morbidity in patients cured for Hodgkin's disease. Such information may be used when new treatment strategies are...
The SF-36 Health Survey: development and use in mental health research and the IQOLA Project (1994)
Ware, J.E., Gandek, B., Aaronson, N.K., Acquadro, C., Alonso, J., Apolone, G., ...
Long-term somatic side-effects and morbidity in testicular cancer patients.
Aass, N., Kaasa, S., Lund, E., Kaalhus, O., Heier, M. S., Fosså, S. D.
In order to evaluate long-term somatic morbidity after treatment for testicular cancer 149 patients with NED greater than or equal to 3 years answered a questionnaire. The patients had been treated...
Psychological distress in head and neck cancer patients 7-11 years after curative treatment.
Long-term survivors of head and neck cancer may suffer from psychological distress and reduced quality of life because of late side-effects of the treatment. In a follow-up study of patients...
Prognostic factors and survival in a heterogeneous sample of cancer patients.
Ringdal, G. I., Götestam, K. G., Kaasa, S., Kvinnsland, S., Ringdal, K.
This study examines the prognostic value of clinical assessments, including a 3-fold classification of cancer patients by treatment intention. It is based upon a sample of 253 patients with different...
Psychological distress after cancer cure: a survey of 459 Hodgkin's disease survivors.
Loge, J. H., Abrahamsen, A. F., Ekeberg, O., Hannisdal, E., Kaasa, S.
To assess the levels of psychological distress and identify predictors of anxiety/depression caseness after cancer cure, a national population of 557 Hodgkin's disease (HD) survivors was surveyed....
Jordhøy, M S, Fayers, P, Loge, J H, Saltnes, T, Ahlner-Elmqvist, M, Kaasa, S
Population-based surveys have shown that health-related quality of life (HRQL) is influenced by patients' characteristics such as age, gender, living situation and diagnoses. The present study...