title: [Health-related quality of life in patients treated for ovarian cancer: tools and issues].
abstract: Health-related quality of life (QoL) in patients treated for ovarian cancer is directly and heavily impacted by the natural history of cancer, its evolution and its therapeutic modalities. The evaluation and consideration of various parameters of QoL seems to be a major issue. Indeed, on the one hand, it is essential to take into account the opinion of patients in the choice of therapeutic strategies for this cancer with a poor prognosis and, on the other hand, more and more studies show that QoL is an independent prognostic factor in ovarian cancer. Improvement in this case, in addition to being an endpoint by itself, would potentially improve the overall survival of patients. To date there are several tools to assess QOL of patients with ovarian cancer. The 2 questionnaires most commonly used are: FACT-O and the EORTC QLQ-OV28. The aim of our study was to evaluate from a review of the literature, the reciprocal effects of ovarian cancer on QoL and QoL on ovarian cancer survival, as well as specificities of each of the 2 questionnaires most commonly used in assessing the QoL.
authors.affiliation: CHU Hautepierre, 1, avenue Molière, 67098 Strasbourg cedex, France. Electronic address: bryand.angie@orange.fr.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bryand
authors.affiliation: Service de santé publique, faculté de médecine, 27, boulevard Jean-Moulin, 13385 Marseille cedex, France.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hamidou
authors.affiliation: CHRU de Besançon, 2, place Saint-Jacques, 25000 Besançon, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paget-Bailly
authors.affiliation: CHRU de Besançon, 2, place Saint-Jacques, 25000 Besançon, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bonnetain
authors.affiliation: CHU Hautepierre, 1, avenue Molière, 67098 Strasbourg cedex, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mathelin
authors.affiliation: CHU Hautepierre, 1, avenue Molière, 67098 Strasbourg cedex, France.
authors.forename: J-J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Baldauf
authors.affiliation: CHU Hautepierre, 1, avenue Molière, 67098 Strasbourg cedex, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Akladios
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Cancer; Ovaire; Ovary; Quality of life; Qualité de vie