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Derek Alderson
Researcher at Bristol Royal Infirmary
Publications - 57
Citations - 2855
Derek Alderson is an academic researcher from Bristol Royal Infirmary. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Quality of life. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 57 publications receiving 2733 citations. Previous affiliations of Derek Alderson include University of Bristol.
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Clinical and psychometric validation of an EORTC questionnaire module, the EORTC QLQ-OES18, to assess quality of life in patients with oesophageal cancer.
Jane M Blazeby,Thierry Conroy,Eva Hammerlid,Peter Fayers,Orhan Sezer,M. Koller,Juan Ignacio Arraras,Andrew Bottomley,C. W. Vickery,P.L Etienne,Derek Alderson +10 more
TL;DR: The EORTC QLQ-OES18 demonstrates good psychometric and clinical validity and is recommended for use with the core questionnaire, the QL Q-C30, to assess QOL in patients with oesophageal cancer.
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Health‐related quality of life among patients cured by surgery for esophageal cancer
Pernilla Lagergren,Pernilla Lagergren,Kerry N L Avery,Rachael A. Hughes,C Paul Barham,Derek Alderson,Stephen Falk,Jane M Blazeby +7 more
TL;DR: Little is known regarding the long‐term, health‐related quality of life (HRQL) of survivors of esophagectomy for cancer.
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Development of an EORTC questionnaire module to be used in quality of life assessment for patients with oesophageal cancer
Jane M Blazeby,Derek Alderson,K. Winstone,R. Steyn,Eva Hammerlid,Juan Ignacio Arraras,J.R. Farndon +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the development of a specific module for oesophageal cancer to use with the European Organisation into Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QOL questionnaire, the EORTC QLQ-C30.
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Development of an EORTC disease-specific quality of life module for use in patients with gastric cancer.
C.W Vickery,Jane M Blazeby,Thierry Conroy,Juan Ignacio Arraras,O Sezer,M. Koller,D Rosemeyer,Colin D. Johnson,Derek Alderson +8 more
TL;DR: The development of a QL module for gastric cancer to supplement the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of life (QLQ-C30) questionnaire will provide a comprehensive QL measure for international trials in Gastric cancer.
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The prognostic value of quality of life scores during treatment for oesophageal cancer
TL;DR: Data from this study provide evidence to support a relationship between patient rated scores of QL and survival and understanding of the associations betweenQL and clinical variables is needed.