What are Patient-Reported Outcomes?

In oncology, optimising treatment and care requires comprehensive information on each patient’s health status and treatment-related side effects. Key sources include:

Professional assessments

(e.g. medical history, physical examination, functional status, CTCAE)

Clinical parameters

(e.g. heart frequency, blood pressure, urinary status, other laboratory results)

Information

regarding

patient‘s

health

Patient’s self-perceptions

Patients’ self-perceptions are called Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs). PROs provide independent information on how patients experience their disease, therapy, and related burden.