Open AccessSymptomatic Toxicities Experienced During Anticancer Treatment: Agreement Between Patient and Physician Reporting in Three Randomized Trials
Author(s) -
Massimo Di Maïo,
Ciro Gallo,
Natasha B. Leighl,
Maria Carmela Piccirillo,
Gennaro Daniele,
Francesco Nuzzo,
Cesare Gridelli,
Vittorio Gebbia,
Fortunato Ciardiello,
Sabino De Placido,
Anna Ceribelli,
Adolfo Favaretto,
A. De Matteis,
Ronald Feld,
Charles Butts,
Jane Bryce,
Simona Signoriello,
Alessandro Morabito,
Gaetano Rocco,
Francesco Perrone
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.482
H-Index - 548
eISSN - 1527-7755
pISSN - 0732-183X
DOI - 10.1200/jco.2014.57.9334
Subject(s) - medicine , common terminology criteria for adverse events , nausea , adverse effect , toxicity , vomiting , cancer , clinical trial , constipation
Information about symptomatic toxicities of anticancer treatments is not based on direct report by patients, but rather on reports by clinicians in trials. Given the potential for under-reporting, our aim was to compare reporting by patients and physicians of six toxicities (anorexia, nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, and hair loss) within three randomized trials.
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