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. 2026 Jan 14;18(2):258. doi: 10.3390/cancers18020258
HRQoL Health-related quality of life
PROs Patient-reported outcomes
RCTs Randomized controlled trials
CONSORT-PRO Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials—Patient-Reported Outcomes (Extension)
EORTC European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer
EORTC QLQ-C30 European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire–Core 30
EORTC QLQ-EN24 European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire–Endometrial Cancer Module
EQ-5D-5L EuroQol 5-Dimension 5-Level Questionnaire
OS Overall survival 
TCGA The Cancer Genome Atlas
PFS Progression-free survival
PARP Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase
QoL Quality of life
SPIRIT-PRO Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials—Patient-Reported Outcomes Extension
PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses
ESMO European Society for Medical Oncology
ASCO American Society of Clinical Oncology
SGO Society of Gynecologic Oncology
ESGO European Society of Gynecological Oncology
IGCS International Gynecologic Cancer Society
PROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews
SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
CT Carboplatin-Paclitaxel
Q3W Every 3 weeks
FACT Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy
FACT-PWB Physical Well-Being
FACT-FWB Functional Well-Being
FACT-En TOI Endometrial Trial Outcome
FACT/GOG-Ntx4 Gynecologic Oncology Group—Neurotoxicity 4-item scale
PROMIS Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System
GHS/QoL Global Health Status/Quality of Life (the mean of Q29 and Q30 of the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire)
FACT/item GP5 “I am bothered by side effects of treatment”
PGIS Patient Global Impression of Severity
PRO-CTCAE Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
PGIC Patient Global Impression of Change
PGI-TT Patient Global Impression of Targeted Therapy
PGI-BR Patient Global Impression of Benefit–Risk
IF Impact factor
CSO Common Sense Oncology
SISAQOL Setting International Standards in Analyses of Patient-Reported Outcomes and Quality of Life Endpoints in Cancer Trials
ESMO-MCBS European Society for Medical Oncology Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale