Health-related quality of life in women with breast cancer: a literature-based review of psychometric properties of breast cancer-specific measures.

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Author	Niu, Hui-Yan Niu, Chun-Ying Wang, Jia-He Zhang, Yi He, Ping
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	BACKGROUND Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women in the world. Health-related quality of life (HRQL) at treatment endpoint in cancer clinical trials is widely considered to be increasingly important. The aim of this review was to provide a literature-based assessment of the validity, reliability and responsiveness of breast cancer-specific HRQL instruments in women breast cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS The databases consulted were Medline, PubMed, and Embase. The inclusion criteria required studies to: (1) involve use of HRQL measures; (2) cover women with breast cancer under standard treatment (surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and targeted therapy); (3) involve the validity, reliability, or responsiveness of HRQL; (4) deal with validation of breast cancer-specific HRQL instruments. RESULTS A total of 16 studies were identified through the literature search that met the 4 inclusion criteria. Some seven instruments were assessed among these 16 studies: EORTC QLQ-BR23, FACT-B, FACT-ES, HFRDIS, LSQ- 32, QLICP-BR, and SLDS-BC. EORTC QLQ-BR23, FACT-B, LSQ-32, QLICP-BR, and SLDS-BC are more general breast cancer-specific HRQL instruments. FACT-EB is the endocrine subscale combined with FACT-B in order to measure the side effects and putative benefits of hormonal treatment administered in breast cancer patients. HFRDIS is the HRQL measure focusing on hot flash concerns. CONCLUSIONS This paper provides an overall understanding on the currently available breast cancer-specific HRQL instruments in women breast cancer patients.
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PubMed reference number	24870752v1
Volume Number	15
Issue Number	8
Journal	Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Consultation Hormone Therapy Hot Flash Related Daily Inference Scale Hot flushes Instrument - device Malignant Neoplasms Mammary Neoplasms Patients Quality of Life Questionnaire-Multiple Myeloma 20 benefit
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