Measurement properties of the English and Chinese versions of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast (FACT-B) in Asian breast cancer patients

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 619-625

  Ng, Raymond ^a   Lee, Chun Fan ^b,c   Wong, Nan Soon ^a   Luo, Nan ^d   Yap, Yoon Sim ^a   Lo, Soo Kien ^a   Chia, Whay Kuang ^a   Yee, Alethea ^a   Krishna, Lalit ^a   Goh, Cynthia ^a   Cheung, Yin Bun ^b,c,e  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; FACT B; Health related quality of life; Measurement properties; Trial outcome index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CHINESE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY BREAST; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUALITY; SINGAPORE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84856234038     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-011-1764-z     Document Type: Article

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