Investigation of Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Cancer Patients: Findings from an Observational Study Using the EQ-5D in Italy

There is a lack of data on the general health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of cancer patients treated in Italian hospitals. The EQ-5D can be used to generate a visual analogue scale score and a utility value that enable comparison of HRQoL for patients across cancer types and stages and can provide values for use in economic evaluations of anti-cancer treatments. The study collected data for 802 cancer patients receiving treatment in one of...