Did you know? PROs are impacting treatment advances in metastatic breast cancer. Olaparib increased progression-free survival among BRCA carriers with metastatic HER2- breast cancer. Thanks to patient reported outcomes, a new study now suggests it also improved patients’ quality of life! Check it out the new article published in October 2019 directly at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31446213!
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The National Quality Forum defines patient reported outcomes (PROs) as “any report of the status of a patient’s health condition that comes directly from the patient.” PROs have the potential to increase overall outcomes and care process and enhance patient and family centered care.
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