Open AccessCorrelation of Clinical Stage and Performance Status With Quality of Life in Patients Seen in a Pancreas Multidisciplinary Clinic
Author(s) -
Shalini Moningi,
Amanda J. Walker,
Charles C. Hsu,
Jennifer Barsky Reese,
Jing Ya Wang,
Katherine Fan,
Lauren M. Rosati,
Daniel A. Laheru,
Matthew J. Weiss,
Christopher L. Wolfgang,
Timothy M. Pawlik,
Joseph M. Herman
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of oncology practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.555
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1935-469X
pISSN - 1554-7477
DOI - 10.1200/jop.2014.000976
Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , multidisciplinary approach , stage (stratigraphy) , correlation , disease , intensive care medicine , nursing , paleontology , biology , social science , geometry , mathematics , sociology
The objectives of this study were to evaluate quality of life (QoL) in patients presenting to the Johns Hopkins Pancreas Multidisciplinary Clinic (PMDC), and to examine associations between disease status, performance status, and QoL in order to identify patient subgroups that are most at risk for reduced QoL.