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Systematic bias in cancer patient-reported outcomes: symptom ‘orphans’ and ‘champions’

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  • Shirley Thomas The Harry R Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; A World Health Organization Demonstration Project in Palliative Medicine; European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Designated Center of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Declan Walsh The Harry R Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; A World Health Organization Demonstration Project in Palliative Medicine; European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Designated Center of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care Section of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Oncology The Harry R Horvitz Chair in Palliative Medicine PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Aynur Aktas The Harry R Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; A World Health Organization Demonstration Project in Palliative Medicine; European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Designated Center of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Declan Walsh, Palliative Medicine, Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin, Faculty of Health Sciences, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland; walshtd{at}tcd.ie
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Thomas S, Walsh D, Aktas A
Systematic bias in cancer patient-reported outcomes: symptom ‘orphans’ and ‘champions’
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2019;9:67-74.

Publication history

  • Received December 23, 2014
  • Revision received September 18, 2015
  • Accepted November 15, 2015
  • First published December 23, 2015.
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February 19, 2019

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