FACT-B
The FACT-B is a comprehensive 36-item disease-specific quality-of-life instrument that integrates the generic FACT-G (27 items covering physical, social, emotional, and functional well-being) with a 9-item breast-cancer-specific subscale addressing body image, sexual function, arm symptoms, and treatment side effects. Developed by Brady et al. in 1997, the FACT-B is the gold-standard QoL measure for breast cancer research and clinical practice, used in hundreds of clinical trials and enabling comparison across breast cancer populations and treatment modalities.
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- Brady, M. J., Cella, D. F., Mo, F., et al. (1997). Reliability and validity of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast quality-of-life instrument. J Clin Oncol, 15(3), 974–986. · DOI 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.3.974
- Cella, D. F., Tulsky, D. S., Gray, G., et al. (1993). The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy scale: development and validation of a general measure. J Clin Oncol, 11(3), 570–579. · DOI 10.1200/JCO.1993.11.3.570
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