Health-related quality of life and other clinical outcome assessments in brain tumor patients: challenges in the design, conduct and interpretation of clinical trials.

Neurooncol Pract

VU University Medical Center, Department of Neurology , Amsterdam , Netherlands (L.D., M.J.B.T.); The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Nursing, Department of Family Health , Houston, Texas (T.S.A.); The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Neuro-Oncology, Houston, Texas (T.S.A.); Medical Center Haaglanden, Department of Neurology, The Hague , Netherlands (M.J.B.T.).

Published: March 2015

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