title: Single- vs. multiple-item instruments in the assessment of quality of life in patients with advanced cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Shirley H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Bush
authors.forename: Henrique A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Parsons
authors.forename: J Lynn
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Zhijun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ray
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chacko
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bruera
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004644:Emotions; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010166:Palliative Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires