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Quality of Life Assessment in the International Breast Cancer Study Group: Past, Present, and Future

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Adjuvant Therapy of Primary Breast Cancer VI

Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 152))

Abstract

The IBCSG is a large multinational, multilingual cooperative group that has been devoted to the study and improvement of adjuvant therapy in breast cancer patients for more than 20 years (International Breast Cancer Study Group 1997). Since 1986, patients, quality of life (QL) has been assessed in all the trials with the aim to establish QL as a complementary outcome in randomized clinical trials. The IBCSG approach to QL assessment in patients receiving adjuvant therapy for breast cancer has recently been reported in detail (Bernhard et al. 1997). Rather than repeat what already has been said in this paper, we will comment on some selected issues from a personal viewpoint.

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  1. Bürgerspital, Rorschacherstrasse 94, 9000, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    C. Hürny

  2. IBCSG Coordinating Center, Effingerstrasse 40, 3008, Bern, Switzerland

    J. Bernhard

  3. Department of Medical Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia

    A. Coates

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  1. Zentrum für Tumordiagnostik und Prävention, Rorschacherstrasse 150, CH-9006, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Hans-Jörg Senn

  2. Dana Farber Cancer Institute Biostatistics, 44 Binney Street, Boston, 02115, USA

    Richard D. Gelber Ph.D

  3. Ospedale Civico, CH-6900, Lugano, Switzerland

    Aron Goldhirsch

  4. Klinik C für Innere Medizin Abteilung für Onkologie und Hämatologie, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, CH-9007, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Beat Thürlimann

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Hürny, C., Bernhard, J., Coates, A. (1998). Quality of Life Assessment in the International Breast Cancer Study Group: Past, Present, and Future. In: Senn, HJ., Gelber, R.D., Goldhirsch, A., Thürlimann, B. (eds) Adjuvant Therapy of Primary Breast Cancer VI. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 152. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45769-2_37

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