Table 3.

Patients’ scores before and after the radiation therapy (RT)*^†

	Before treatment	At 2 weeks of RT	At 4 weeks of RT	At 6 weeks of RT	At 8 weeks of RT	p
ESAS
patients with valid data, n	167	132	103	79	68	<0.001
patients with missing data, n	0	35	64	88	99
median score (50th)	39	28	25	25	24.50
QLQ-C15-PAL
patients with valid data, n	167	132	103	79	68	<0.001
patients with missing data, n	0	35	64	88	99
median score (50th)	31	28	26	26	25
VAS
patients with valid data, n	167	132	103	79	68	<0.001
patients with missing data, n	0	35	64	88	99
median score (50th)	7	5	5	4	4

*ESAS – Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale; QLQ-C15-PAL – Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 15-Palliative; VAS – visual analog scale.

†The lower the ESAS and/ or the QLQ-C15-PAL scores, the higher the quality of life. The lower the VAS score, the lower the pain.