Si estás hablando de pacientes afectados con cáncer pulmonar, posiblemente LCSS se refiera a las siglas de Lung Cancer Symptom Scale (LCSS).

Como, por ejemplo:

Quality of Life (QOL) is an important clinical end-point for patients with poor risk stage III lung cancer, particularly if there is differential toxicity and marginal differences in survival between treatment arms.14 QOL will be assessed using the Lung Cancer Symptom Scale (LCSS), an easy to use brief self-report which is specific for patients with lung cancer.15 The patients' perception of six major symptoms (loss of appetite, fatigue, cough, dyspnea, hemoptysis, and pain) as well as overall symptom distress, functional ability, and global QOL which can be affected by lung cancer and therapy are evaluated.15-16 The LCSS has undergone extensive psychometric testing and has proven validity and reliability for use in patients with lung cancer. It has been used in over 1000 patients with lung cancer, the majority with non-small cell, compares favorably to other "gold" standards for QOL, and is sensitive in detecting change over time.17-18

www.rtog.org/members/protocols/97-01/main.html

O también:

Abstract Normative data and trends for a disease- and site-specific quality of life (QL) instrument for individuals with lung cancer, the Lung Cancer Symptom Scale (LCSS), are presented to facilitate the user's interpretation of test scores. Data for patients enrolled in two large, identical, randomized trials of a new combination chemotherapy regimen for patients with stages III and IV non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were combined into one dataset (n=673).

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Saludos colegiales,

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