Jоhn, а 60-yeаr оld retired truck driver, wаs diagnоsed with colorectal cancer. He underwent tumor-removing surgery followed by radiation therapy. He was told that the 5-year survival rate was about 60%. Before cancer therapy, his HRQOL scores measured by the SF-36 PCS and MCS were 40 and 43, respectively. The therapy was successful. John became a cancer survivor despite living with late effects such as fatigue, pain, wheeze, shortness of breath, anxiety. His PCS and MCS scores went up to 53 and 56, respectively. What is this phenomena called? This phenomena clearly introduces bias in our HRQOL measurement. When will this phenomena happen? You are designing a study in which you will measure HRQOL using the SF-36 among cancer survivors pre-treatment and post-treatment. How would you collect data to correct for this bias described in a)?
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