Does palliative chemotherapy really palliate and are we measuring it correctly? A mixed methods longitudinal study of health related quality of life in advanced soft tissue sarcoma

Nicholas Gough; Jonathan Koffman; Joy R. Ross; Julia Riley; Ian Judson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0210731

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Does palliative chemotherapy really palliate and are we measuring it correctly? A mixed methods longitudinal study of health related quality of life in advanced soft tissue sarcoma

Nicholas Gough ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: nicholas.gough@gstt.nhs.uk

Affiliations Palliative Care Department, Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, England, United Kingdom, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, England, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9251-3561

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Jonathan Koffman,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kings College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, London, England, United Kingdom
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Joy R. Ross,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Royal Marsden and Royal Brompton Palliative Care service, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, England, United Kingdom, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, England, United Kingdom
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Julia Riley,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Royal Marsden and Royal Brompton Palliative Care service, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, England, United Kingdom, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, England, United Kingdom
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Ian Judson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Institute of Cancer Research, London, England, United Kingdom, Sarcoma Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, England, United Kingdom
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Does palliative chemotherapy really palliate and are we measuring it correctly? A mixed methods longitudinal study of health related quality of life in advanced soft tissue sarcoma

Nicholas Gough,
Jonathan Koffman,
Joy R. Ross,
Julia Riley,
Ian Judson

Published: September 26, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210731

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