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quality-adjusted time without symptoms or toxicity  

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  • Quality-adjusted time without symptoms or toxicity (Q-TWiST) is an outcome measure for cancer clinical trials, which was developed in the mid-1980s by Richard Gelber and Aron Goldhirsch to evaluate adjuvant chemotherapy. It is an adaptation of the QALY, the quality-adjusted life year. [Source: Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making; Quality-Adjusted Time without Symptoms or Toxicity]

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