A Review of Quality of Life Measures used in Surgical Outcomes for Stage I Lung Cancers

Rowena Yip; Emanuela Taioli; Rebecca Schwartz; Kunwei Li; Betsy J Becker; Kathleen Tam; Yu Maw Htwe; David F Yankelevitz; Claudia I Henschke

doi:10.1080/07357907.2018.1474892

A Review of Quality of Life Measures used in Surgical Outcomes for Stage I Lung Cancers

Cancer Invest. 2018;36(5):296-308. doi: 10.1080/07357907.2018.1474892. Epub 2018 Jul 24.

Authors

Rowena Yip¹, Emanuela Taioli², Rebecca Schwartz^{2

3}, Kunwei Li^{1

4}, Betsy J Becker⁵, Kathleen Tam¹, Yu Maw Htwe⁶, David F Yankelevitz¹, Claudia I Henschke¹

Affiliations

¹ a Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , New York, USA.
² b Institute for Translational Epidemiology and Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , New York, USA.
³ c Department of Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra-Northwell , Great Neck , New York, USA.
⁴ d Department of Radiology , Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University , Zhuhai , China.
⁵ e Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems, College of Education , Florida State University , Tallahassee , Florida, USA.
⁶ f Department of Internal Medicine , Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center , Brooklyn , New York , USA.

PMID: 30040490
DOI: 10.1080/07357907.2018.1474892

Abstract

This review summarizes the literature on QoL in early stage lung cancer patients who underwent surgery. PubMed and PsycINFO were searched. Twelve articles from 10 distinct studies were identified for a total of 992 patients. Five QoL measures were used. One study reported only on pre-surgical QoL, six only on post-surgical QoL and three studies reported on both pre- and post-surgical QoL. Timing for the administration of post-surgical QoL surveys varied. The literature on QoL in Stage I non-small-cell lung cancer patients is very sparse. Additional research is needed to explore the impact of different surgical approaches on QoL.

Keywords: CT Screening; Effect sizes; Population norm; Quality of life; Surgery.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
Neoplasm Staging
Quality of Life*
Treatment Outcome