Karen Lien
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
10 Papers
21 Citations
Karen Lien is an academic researcher from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. The author has contributed to research in topics: Palliative care & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 6 publications.
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Papers
Predictive factors for well-being in advanced cancer patients referred for palliative radiotherapy.
Karen Lien,Liang Zeng,Liying Zhang,Jasmine Nguyen,J. Di Giovanni,Marko Popovic,Rehana Jamani,Gemma Cramarossa,Shaelyn Culleton,Edward Chow +9 more
TL;DR: Greater distress in physical and emotional symptoms assessed by the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System contributes significantly to poorer well-being, and management for patients with advanced cancer should be directed towards these symptoms, as they form the basis forWell-being.
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Comparison of the EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL and the FACIT-Pal for assessment of quality of life in patients with advanced cancer
Karen Lien,Liang Zeng,Janet Nguyen,Gemma Cramarossa,Shaelyn Culleton,Amanda Caissie,Steve Lutz,Edward Chow +7 more
TL;DR: A comparison between both questionnaires in terms of development, characteristics, validation and use was conducted and there is a marked difference in the aspects of QoL assessed.
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New Considerations in the Design of Clinical Trials for Bone Metastases.
Madeline Lemke,Karen Lien,Liang Zeng,Marko Popovic,Michelle Zhou,Julia DiGiovanni,Emily Chen,Edward Chow +7 more
TL;DR: Investigators conducting clinical trials in bone metastases should continue to adopt standard set of endpoints and recommendations to ensure consistent guidelines based on the most recent literature.
Language Discordance as a Marker of Disparities in Cerebrovascular Risk and Stroke Outcomes: A Multi-Center Prospective Canadian Study
Ryan T. Muir,Arunima Kapoor,Megan L Cayley,Michelle Sicard,Karen Lien,Alisia Southwell,Dar Dowlatshahi,Demetrios J. Sahlas,Gustavo Saposnik,Jennifer Mandzia,Leanne K. Casaubon,Ayman Hassan,Yael Perez,Daniel Selchen,Brian J. Murray,Krista L. Lanctôt,Moira K. Kapral,Nathan Herrmann,Stephen C. Strother,Amy Y.X. Yu,Peter C. Austin,Susan E. Bronskill,Richard H. Swartz +22 more
DOC screen completion time reflects executive function, speed of processing and fluency in an observational cohort study
Alisia Southwell,Sajeevan Sujanthan,T. Armel,E. Xing,Ashu Kapoor,X. Y. E. Liu,Krista L. Lanctôt,Nathan Herrmann,Brian J. Murray,Kevin E. Thorpe,Megan L Cayley,M. Sicard,Karen Lien,D. Sahlas,Randolph Swartz +14 more
TL;DR: The DOC screen was developed to identify Depression, Obstructive sleep apnea, and Cognitive impairment after stroke as mentioned in this paper , and the average completion time was 3.8 {plus minus} 1.3 minutes.