New policy review highlights the importance of health-related quality of life in advanced cancer

Published Date: 04 Sep 2025

A new policy review published in The Lancet Oncology and led by Ian Tannock and Madeline Pe, together with an international team of oncologists, statisticians, patients and patient-reported outcomes (PRO) experts from Common ...

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