Psychometric validation of the functional assessment of cancer therapy--brain (FACT-Br) for assessing quality of life in patients with brain metastases.

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Published in Support Care Cancer on November 28, 2013

Authors

Nemica Thavarajah1, Gillian Bedard, Liying Zhang, David Cella, Jennifer L Beaumont, May Tsao, Elizabeth Barnes, Cyril Danjoux, Arjun Sahgal, Hany Soliman, Edward Chow

Author Affiliations

1: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Associated clinical trials:

Eribulin in Brain Metastases From HER2-negative Breast Cancer (ERIBRAIN) | NCT03637868

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