The endpoint will be assessed by the European Organisation For Research And Treatment Of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) that will be submitted to patients.
The EORTC QLQ-C30 consists of 30 items including five functioning scales (physical functioning, social functioning, role functioning, emotional functioning and cognitive functioning), nine symptom scales (fatigue, pain, nausea-vomiting, dyspnoea, sleep disturbances, appetite loss, diarrhoea, constipation and financial difficulties), and a global health status or quality of life (QOL) scale. On the 100-point metric, high scores for functioning scales and the global health status, or QOL, scale indicate high HR (health-related) QOL, while high scores on the symptom scales indicate a high symptom burden.