Quality of Life After Radical Pleurectomy Decortication for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Nathan M. Mollberg, DO, Yalini Vigneswaran, MD, Hedy L. Kindler, MD, Cynthia Warnes, RN, Ravi Salgia, MD, Aliyah N. Husain, MD, Wickii T. Vigneswaran, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 94, Issue 4, Pages 1086-1092 (October 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.05.102 Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Mean change scores on treatment for functional domains of the European Organization for Research and Research of Cancer Core Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30). (A) World Health Organization PS 0. (B) World Health Organization PS 1. Scores range from 0 to 100. A gain in score for a functional scale represents an increased level of functioning (*p < 0.05). (QoL = quality of life.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 94, 1086-1092DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.05.102) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Mean change scores on treatment for symptom domains of the European Organization for Research and Research of Cancer Core Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30). (A) World Health Organization PS 0. (B) World Health Organization PS 1. Scores range from 0 to 100. A loss in score for a symptom scale represents a decrease in symptoms (*p < 0.05). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 94, 1086-1092DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.05.102) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions