EORTC QLQ-BR23 and FACT-B for the assessment of quality of life in patients with breast cancer: A literature review

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 157-166

  Nguyen, Jasmine ^a   Popovic, Marko ^a   Chow, Edward ^a   Cella, David ^b   Beaumont, Jennifer L ^b   Chu, Dominic ^a   Digiovanni, Julia ^a   Lam, Henry ^a   Pulenzas, Natalie ^a   Bottomley, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

Author keywords

breast cancer; EORTC; FACT; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY BREAST; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE BR23; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUALITY; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WELLBEING; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84926377054     PISSN: 20426305     EISSN: 20426313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/cer.14.76     Document Type: Review

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