TY  - JOUR
AU  - Chow, Ronald
AU  - Ray, Saurabh
AU  - Tsao, May
AU  - Pulenzas, Natalie
AU  - Zhang, Liying
AU  - Sahgal, Arjun
AU  - Cella, David
AU  - Soliman, Hany
AU  - Danjoux, Cyril
AU  - DeAngelis, Carlo
AU  - Vuong, Sherlyn
AU  - McDonald, Rachel
AU  - Chow, Edward
PY  - 2016
TI  - Quality of life with Brain Symptom and Impact Questionnaire in patients with brain metastases
JF  - Annals of Palliative Medicine; Vol 5, No 3 (July 21, 2016): Annals of Palliative Medicine
Y2  - 2016
KW  - 
N2  - Background: To examine the baseline characteristics of patients who underwent different treatments for brain metastases.  Methods: Allocated into group A [whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) alone], or group B [stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) or neurosurgery with or without WBRT], brain metastases patients with assigned treatment completed the Brain Symptom and Impact Questionnaire (BASIQ). Items of BASIQ were arranged as a symptom score or function score.  Results: Lung, breast, melanoma and renal cancer were the most prevalent primary cancer site among the study population, with 91 (53%), 25 (15%), 17 (10%) and 15 (9%) patients, respectively. Baseline BASIQ results were obtained before patients were treated with WBRT, neurosurgery, or SRS. Seventy-six (44%) and 96 patients (56%) were grouped to A and B, respectively. Group A reported lower quality of life (QOL) in all function scores (P
UR  - https://apm.amegroups.org/article/view/10326