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General population normative data for the EORTC QLQ-C30 health-related quality of life questionnaire based on 15,386 persons across 13 European countries, Canada and the Unites States by Nolte, S., Liegl, G., Petersen, M.A., Aaronson, N.K., Costantini, A., Fayers, P.M., Groenvold, M., Holzner, B., Johnson, C.D., Kemmler, G., Tomaszewski, K.A., Waldmann, A., Young, T.E., Rose, M.

“…The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30 health-related quality of life questionnaire is one of the most widely used…”
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Evidence-based guidelines for interpreting change scores for the European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 by Cocks, K, King, M.T, Velikova, G, de Castro, G, Martyn St-James, M, Fayers, P.M, Brown, J.M

“…Abstract Aim To use published literature and experts’ opinion to investigate the clinical meaning and magnitude of changes in the Quality of Life (QOL) of…”
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Fetal, infant, and childhood growth and adult blood pressure: A longitudinal study from birth to 22 years of age by LAW, C. M, SHIELL, A. W, NEWSOME, C. A, SYDDALL, H. E, SHINEBOURNE, E. A, FAYERS, P. M, MARTYN, C. N, DE SWIET, M

“…People who are small at birth tend to have higher blood pressure in later life. However, it is not clear whether it is fetal growth restriction or the…”
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A 12 country field study of the EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3.0) and the head and neck cancer specific module (EORTC QLQ-H&N35) in head and neck patients by Bjordal, K, de Graeff, A, Fayers, P.M, Hammerlid, E, van Pottelsberghe, C, Curran, D, Ahlner-Elmqvist, M, Maher, E.J, Meyza, J.W, Brédart, A, Söderholm, A.L, Arraras, J.J, Feine, J.S, Abendstein, H, Morton, R.P, Pignon, T, Huguenin, P, Bottomly, A, Kaasa, S

“…This study tests the reliability and validity of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) head and neck cancer module (QLQ-H&N35)…”
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Using reference data on quality of life—the importance of adjusting for age and gender, exemplified by the EORTC QLQ-C30 (+3) by Hjermstad, M.J, Fayers, P.M, Bjordal, K, Kaasa, S

“…Interpretation of health related quality of life (HRQOL) results in cancer patients is facilitated by knowledge of the levels of HRQOL in the general…”
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Establishing the European Norm for the health-related quality of life domains of the computer-adaptive test EORTC CAT Core by Liegl, G., Petersen, M.A., Groenvold, M., Aaronson, N.K., Costantini, A., Fayers, P.M., Holzner, B., Johnson, C.D., Kemmler, G., Tomaszewski, K.A., Waldmann, A., Young, T.E., Rose, M., Nolte, S.

“…The computer-adaptive test (CAT) of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), the EORTC CAT Core, assesses the same 15 domains as…”
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Influence from genetic variability on opioid use for cancer pain: A European genetic association study of 2294 cancer pain patients by Klepstad, P., Fladvad, T., Skorpen, F., Bjordal, K., Caraceni, A., Dale, O., Davies, A., Kloke, M., Lundström, S., Maltoni, M., Radbruch, L., Sabatowski, R., Sigurdardottir, V., Strasser, F., Fayers, P.M., Kaasa, S.

“…Cancer pain patients need variable opioid doses. Preclinical and clinical studies suggest that opioid efficacy is related to genetic variability. However, the…”
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Interpreting quality of life data: population-based reference data for the EORTC QLQ-C30 by Fayers, P.M

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Can individual patients assess differences in quality of life between groups of patients?: Patient opinion on quality of life changes by Cocks, K., Velikova, G., King, M.T., Fayers, P.M., Brown, J.M.

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Interpreting quality of life data by Fayers, P.M

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The Use of Differential Item Functioning Analyses to Identify Cultural Differences in Responses to the EORTC QLQ-C30 by Scott, N. W., Fayers, P. M., Aaronson, N. K., Bottomley, A., de Graeff, A., Groenvold, M., Koller, M., Petersen, M. A., Sprangers, M. A. G.

“…Introduction: The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30 is a widely used health-related quality of life instrument. The…”
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Can individual patients assess differences in quality of life between groups of patients? by Cocks, K., Velikova, G., King, M.T., Fayers, P.M., Brown, J.M.

“…This qualitative study piloted a method for eliciting patient opinion on the size of group differences in quality of life (QOL) scores from the EORTC QLQ‐C30…”
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Factor Analysis, Causal Indicators and Quality of Life by Fayers, P. M., Hand, D. J.

“…Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) remains one of the standard and most widely used methods for demonstrating construct validity of new instruments. However,…”
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Causal Indicators in Quality of Life Research by Fayers, P. M., Hand, D. J., K. Bjordal, M. Groenvold

“…Quality of Life (QOL) questionnaires contain two different types of items. Some items, such as assessments of symptoms of disease, may be called causal…”
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Quality of life assessment in clinical trials—guidelines and a checklist for protocol writers: the U.K. Medical Research Council experience by Fayers, P.M., Hopwood, P., Harvey, A., Girling, D.J., Machin, D., Stephens, R.

“…Many clinical trials groups now routinely consider including Quality of Life (QoL) assessment in trials. Indeed, several have policies stating that QoL should…”
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The CUP trial: A randomized study analyzing the efficacy of high dose therapy and purging in low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) by Schouten, H. C., Kvaloy, S., Sydes, M., Qian, W., Fayers, P. M.

“…Background: The CUP trial was initiated to analyze the value of high-dose therapy and stem-cell transplantation and purging in patients with relapsed…”
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Randomised consent designs in cancer clinical trials by Altman, D.G., Whitehead, J., Parmar, M.K.B., Stenning, S.P., Fayers, P.M., Machin, D.

“…In 1977, Zelen proposed a new design for clinical trials with the aim of increasing recruitment by avoiding some of the problems associated with obtaining…”
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Thirty years of medical research council randomized trials in solid tumours by Machin, D., Stenning, S.P., Parmar, M.K.B., Fayers, P.M., Girling, D.J., Stephens, R.J., Stewart, L.A., Whaley, J.B.

“…This paper reviews the survival outcome from the randomized Phase III trials in solid tumours published on behalf of, or in collaboration with, the Cancer…”
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Cadmium fume inhalation and emphysema by Davison, A G, Fayers, P M, Taylor, A J, Venables, K M, Darbyshire, J, Pickering, C A, Chettle, D R, Franklin, D, Guthrie, C J, Scott, M C

“…Lung function and chest radiographs of 101 men who had worked for 1 or more years manufacturing copper-cadmium alloy were compared with those of a referent…”
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The UKCCCR register of UK cancer trials by Fayers, P.M.

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