Economic burden and health-related quality of life in tenosynovial giant-cell tumour patients in Europe: an observational disease registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tenosynovial Giant-Cell Tumour (TGCT) is a benign clonal neoplastic proliferation arising from the synovium, causing a variety of symptoms and often requiring repetitive surgery. This study aims to define the economic burden-from a societal perspective-associated with TGCT patients and their health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in six European countries.

Methods

This article analyses data from a multinational, multicentre, prospective observational registry, the TGCT Observational Platform Project (TOPP), involving hospitals and tertiary sarcoma centres from six European countries (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain). It includes information on TGCT patients' health-related quality of life and healthcare and non-healthcare resources used

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Bastida J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8254314 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature