Adapting the Lung Cancer Symptom Scale (LCSS) to mesothelioma

BACKGROUND: The underpinning conceptual model for the Lung Cancer Symptom Scale (LCSS), an instrument used to assess health-related quality of life in patients with lung cancer, has been described elsewhere. The patient-rated scale of the LCSS was modified slightly for patients with mesothelioma (LCSS-Meso), because no other mesothelioma-specific instrument was available. METHODS: In the current methodologic study, the authors tested the …