title: Assessment and data analysis of health-related quality of life in clinical trials for gastric cancer treatments.
abstract: This review contains a practical guide as well as a number of design and analytical methods for conducting health-related quality of life assessments in clinical trials for gastric cancer treatment. Although we address issues specific to the assessment of gastric cancer, many are applicable to clinical trials for different cancer types.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Health Care Research, School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Adrian A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kaptein
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsuburaya
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kodera
authors.forename: Takanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D012107:Research Design; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*