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Shirley D’Sa: How Well Do Standard QoL Questionnaires Reflect Reality for People with Waldenström Macroglobulinemia (WM)?
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Dec 5, 2025, 03:36

Shirley D’Sa: How Well Do Standard QoL Questionnaires Reflect Reality for People with Waldenström Macroglobulinemia (WM)?

Shirley D’Sa, Professor of Haematology, Medical Doctor at UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, Published on LinkedIn:

“New study alert!!

How well do standard QoL questionnaires reflect reality for people with Waldenström Macroglobulinemia (WM)?
A recent international survey of 120 WM patients + 34 healthcare professionals found that many of the questions in commonly used quality-of-life (QoL) questionnaires miss what truly matters to patients.

Please read the article!

Title: Patient Perception of the Relevance of Quality-of-Life Questionnaires in Waldenström Macroglobulinaemia: An International Survey

Authors: Jahanzaib Khwaja, Sotirios Bristogiannis, Ibrahim Tohidi-Esfahani, Yadanar Lwin, Nicole Japzon, David Young, Sossana Delibasi, Shirley D’Sa, Judith Trotman, Charalampia Kyriakou

Shirley D'Sa: How Well Do Standard QoL Questionnaires Reflect Reality for People with Waldenström Macroglobulinemia (WM)?

Read full study here.

Bottom line: Generic cancer QoL questionnaires (e.g. EORTC QLQ-C30) — though widely used — don’t fully capture the lived experience and symptom burden in WM. There’s a clear need for WM-specific patient-reported outcomes”

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