Hirpara Dhruvin H, Gupta Vaibhav, Brown Lisa, Kidane Biniam
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, USA.
J Thorac Dis. 2019 Mar;11(Suppl 4):S509-S514. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.01.02.
Carcinomas of the lung and esophagus are associated with significant disease and treatment related morbidity. Measuring patients' self-perceived notion of their health-related quality of life (HRQOL), throughout the course of illness, is central to the delivery of comprehensive, patient-centered care. This article reviews commonly used HRQOL instruments in thoracic surgery and discusses the integral role of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in comparative effectiveness research and prognostication in the realm of lung and esophageal cancer. We also highlight challenges and future directions for widespread implementation of PROs into clinical and research practice.
肺癌和食管癌与严重疾病及治疗相关的发病率有关。在疾病全过程中测量患者对其健康相关生活质量(HRQOL)的自我认知,对于提供全面的、以患者为中心的护理至关重要。本文回顾了胸外科中常用的HRQOL工具,并讨论了患者报告结局(PROs)在肺癌和食管癌领域的比较疗效研究和预后评估中的重要作用。我们还强调了将PROs广泛应用于临床和研究实践所面临的挑战及未来方向。