The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy scale: development and validation of the general measure.

Cella, David; S. Tulsky, David; V. Gray, Geoffrey; Sarafian, Bernie; Linn, Eric; E. Bonomi, Amy; Silberman, M; B Yellen, S; Winicour, Patsy; Brannon, J

doi:10.1200/jco.1993.11.3.570

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The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy scale: development and validation of the general measure.

Published in Journal of Clinical Oncology • Mar 1, 1993

Authors:

David Cella

David S. Tulsky

Geoffrey V. Gray

Abstract

PURPOSE: We developed and validated a brief, yet sensitive, 33-item general cancer quality-of-life (QL) measure for evaluating patients receiving cancer treatment, called the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) scale. METHODS AND RESULTS: The five-phase validation process involved 854 pat...

Subject

Medicine

Cancer

Quality of life (healthcare)

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