Lung Cancer Symptom Scale Questionnaire

**Semantic type:** Intellectual Product

**Definition:** A standardized assessment tool, originally developed at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in 1985, that is formatted as either a nine-item patient-report scale or a six-item observer-report scale and utilizes a 100 point rating scale to evaluate six major symptoms associated with lung malignancies and their effect on overall symptomatic distress, functional activities, and global quality of life.

**Synonyms:** - LCSS - LCSS - LCSS1