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L.F. Oñate-Ocaña
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P2.03b - Poster Session with Presenters Present (ID 465)
- Event: WCLC 2016
- Type: Poster Presenters Present
- Track: Advanced NSCLC
- Presentations: 1
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- Coordinates: 12/06/2016, 14:30 - 15:45, Hall B (Poster Area)
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P2.03b-062 - Association of the FAACT Total Score and Subscales with Clinical Characteristics and Survival in Advanced Lung Cancer (ID 5209)
14:30 - 14:30 | Author(s): L.F. Oñate-Ocaña
- Abstract
Background:
Survival of lung cancer (LC) patients has increased and it is important to assess disease and treatment related symptoms that could negatively impact on prognosis and health-related quality of life (HRQL). The FAACT questionnaires have been proposed as a useful tool to measure HRQL, it includes 5 subscales: physical (PWB), emotional (EWB), functional (FWB) and social well-being (SWB), and AC/S-12 which is used to diagnose anorexia cachexia syndrome (CACS). The aim of this study was to associate the FAACT total score and subscales with clinical outcomes and survival.
Methods:
A cohort of patients with LC completed the FAACT instrument; regardless of age, gender, line of treatment, number of cycle, performance status, or histopathology subtype. Clinical and biochemical variables were collected. Survival was estimated from the day of questionnaire application until death or last follow-up.
Results:
The study included 200 patients. FAACT subscales had association with several clinical and biochemical data that are show in Table 1. PWB, FWB, AC/S-12 and FAACT total score were strongly associated to overall survival (Figure 1). Figure 1 Figure 2
Conclusion:
The FAACT questionnaire is reliable and valid for the assessment of HRQL and CACS in patients with LC and can be used liberally in clinical trials.
