J Shannon Swan, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Academic Titles

Associate Professor, Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Research Program Affiliation

Member, Cancer Imaging

Research Abstract

My work is focused on measurement of quality of life. I am interested in the usage of existing measures for measuring preference-based quality of life and also developing new measures. My work has previously emphasized the effects of diagnostic testing and screening, using both typical holistic measures and multiattribute utility techniques. I have recently extended my work into cancer. Working with MGH collaborators, I recently published an index for quality of life measurement in non-small cell lung cancer. This instrument is based on the FACT-L and is called the FACT-LUI. It has 7 items and can be calculated with 2 different measurement tradition approaches.