Publications by authors named "Maria Cristina Bellissimo"
Esophageal cancer patients' information management: cross-cultural differences between Dutch and Italian patients in perceived quality of provided oncological information.
Luca M Saadeh Annelijn E Slaman Eleonora Pinto Suzanne S Gisbertz Francesco Cavallin Maria Cristina Bellissimo
J Thorac Dis
August 2018
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate patients' perceived receipt of information according to the possibility of cure in esophageal cancer.
Methods: One hundred and twelve consecutive patients presenting at the multidisciplinary visit at the Veneto Institute of Oncology for esophageal cancer between 2014 and 2016 were included in the study. The Italian version of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) quality of life questionnaires C30 (core questionnaire), OG25 (esophago-gastric cancer module), and INFO25 (information module) were used.