Clinical validity of the Japanese version of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Anemia Scale

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Kurita, Maya ^a   Shimozuma, Kojiro ^b   Morita, Satoshi ^c   Fujiki, Yuki ^d   Ishizawa, Kenichi ^e   Eguchi, Hisae ^f   Saito, Yuko ^g   Ushirozawa, Nobuko ^h   Wasada, Izumi ⁱ   Ohashi, Yasuo ^j   Eguchi, Kenji ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Japan Clinical Research Support Unit   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^g SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^h National Cancer Center   (Japan)

ⁱ TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Anemia; Cancer; Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy; Quality of life; Validity

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY ANEMIA SCALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33846142858     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0138-2     Document Type: Article

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