Preferred Label : Lung Cancer Symptom Scale Questionnaire;
NCIt related terms : LCSS; LCSS1;
NCIt definition : A standardized assessment tool, originally developed at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center in 1985, that is formatted as either a nine-item patient-report scale
or a six-item observer-report scale and utilizes a 100 point rating scale to evaluate
six major symptoms associated with lung malignancies and their effect on overall symptomatic
distress, functional activities, and global quality of life.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Lung Cancer Symptom Scale (LCSS) (Hollen PJ, Gralla RJ, Kris MG, Potanovich
LM. Quality of life assessment in individuals with lung cancer: testing the Lung Cancer
Symptom Scale (LCSS). Eur J Cancer. 1993;29A Suppl 1:S51-8. U.S. Copyright 1995, Reproduced
by permission of Quality of Life Research Associates, LLC). No part of the Lung Cancer
Symptom Scale may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any
means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods,
without the prior written permission of the Quality of Life Research Associates, LLC
and payment of any applicable fees. Copyright Quality of Life Research Associates,
LLC 1995. All rights reserved.;
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL1792536;
Origin ID : C187515;
UMLS CUI : C5707142;
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