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Overview

David Osoba was affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research focused predominantly on medical fields, with a concentration in oncology, genetics, and public health-related topics.

Their work addressed various subfields, including:

  • Oncology
  • Genetics
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Hematology

Main topics covered in their research included:

  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Neutropenia and Cancer Infections
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research

David Osoba published multiple papers throughout their career. Among the notable papers are:

  • Interpreting the Significance of Changes in Health-Related Quality-of-Life Scores, 2023, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Impact of lymphopenia on survival for elderly patients with glioblastoma: A secondary analysis of the CCTG CE.6 (EORTC 26062-22061, TROG08.02) randomized clinical trial, 2021, Neuro-Oncology Advances
  • Impact of Lymphopenia on Survival for Elderly Patients with Glioblastoma: A Secondary Analysis of the CCTG CE.6 (EORTC 26062-22061, TROG03.01) Randomized Clinical Trial, 2020, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • Impact of lymphopenia on survival for elderly patients with glioblastoma: A secondary analysis of the CCTG CE.6 (EORTC 26062-22061, TROG03.01) randomized clinical trial., 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Temozolomide does not meaningfully reduce seizure frequency in elderly glioblastoma patients (614), 2020, Neurology

Frequent publication venues where this research appeared included:

  • Neuro-Oncology Advances
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • Neurology
  • UNC Libraries

Collaborators frequently associated with David Osoba's work were:

  • Normand Laperrière
  • James Perry
  • Warren Mason
  • Chad Winch
  • Alba A. Brandes

Best Publications

  • The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30: A Quality-of-Life Instrument for Use in International Clinical Trials in Oncology

    Neil K. Aaronson;Sam Ahmedzai;Bengt Bergman;Monika Bullinger

  • Interpreting the significance of changes in health-related quality-of-life scores.

    David Osoba;George Rodrigues;James Myles;Benny Zee

  • Chemotherapy with mitoxantrone plus prednisone or prednisone alone for symptomatic hormone-resistant prostate cancer: a Canadian randomized trial with palliative end points.

    I. F. Tannock;D. Osoba;M. R. Stockler;D. S. Ernst

  • Methods to explain the clinical significance of health status measures.

    Gordon H. Guyatt;David Osoba;Albert W. Wu;Kathleen W. Wyrwich

  • A phase II study of temozolomide vs. procarbazine in patients with glioblastoma multiforme at first relapse

    W K A Yung;R E Albright;J Olson;R Fredericks

  • Short-Course Radiation plus Temozolomide in Elderly Patients with Glioblastoma

    James R. Perry;Normand Laperriere;Christopher J. O'Callaghan;Alba A. Brandes

  • Recommendations for the Use of Antiemetics: Evidence-Based, Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Richard J. Gralla;David Osoba;Mark G. Kris;Peter Kirkbride

  • Current concepts of the immunological function of the thymus.

    J. F. A. P. Miller;David Osoba

  • Recommendations on health-related quality of life research to support labeling and promotional claims in the United States.

    D.A. Revicki;D. Osoba;D. Fairclough;I. Barofsky

  • Baseline quality of life as a prognostic indicator of survival: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from EORTC clinical trials

    Chantal Quinten;Corneel Coens;Murielle E. L. Mauer;Sylvie Comte

  • Kaposi's sarcoma in recipients of renal transplants.

    Andrew R. Harwood;David Osoba;Sophie L. Hofstader;Marc B. Goldstein

  • Lessons learned from measuring health-related quality of life in oncology.

    D Osoba

  • Psychometric properties and responsiveness of the EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30) in patients with breast, ovarian and lung cancer

    D. Osoba;B. Zee;J. Pater;D. Warr

  • Prevention of chemotherapy- and radiotherapy-induced emesis: Results of the 2004 Perugia International Antiemetic Consensus Conference

    Fausto Roila;Matti Aapro;Enzo Ballatori;Sussanne Borjeson

  • VP-16 and cisplatin as first-line therapy for small-cell lung cancer.

    W K Evans;F A Shepherd;R Feld;D Osoba

  • Quality of life in oncology practice: prognostic value of EORTC QLQ-C30 scores in patients with advanced malignancy.

    A. Coates;F. Porzsolt;D. Osoba

  • The development and psychometric validation of a brain cancer quality-of-life questionnaire for use in combination with general cancer-specific questionnaires

    D. Osoba;N. K. Aaronson;M. Muller;K. Sneeuw

  • Quality of life and oral function following radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.

    Joel B. Epstein;Sue Emerton;Dean A. Kolbinson;Nhu D. Le

  • Health-related quality of life in patients with glioblastoma: a randomised controlled trial

    Martin J B Taphoorn;Roger Stupp;Corneel Coens;David Osoba

  • Measuring health-related quality of life.

    David Osoba;Ian Tannock

Frequent Co-Authors

Madeleine King
Madeleine King University of Sydney
Benny Chung-ying Zee
Benny Chung-ying Zee Chinese University of Hong Kong
Andrew Bottomley
Andrew Bottomley European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer
Bryce B. Reeve
Bryce B. Reeve Duke University
Joachim Weis
Joachim Weis RWTH Aachen University
Charles S. Cleeland
Charles S. Cleeland The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Neil K. Aaronson
Neil K. Aaronson Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Roger Stupp
Roger Stupp Northwestern University
Martin J.B. Taphoorn
Martin J.B. Taphoorn Leiden University
Alba A. Brandes
Alba A. Brandes Institute of Neurological Sciences

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