Health-related quality of life in Asian patients with breast cancer: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To summarise the evidence on determinants of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in Asian patients with breast cancer.

Design

Systematic review conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) recommendations and registered with PROSPERO (CRD42015032468).

Methods

According to the PRISMA guidelines, databases of MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase and PsycINFO were systematically searched using the following terms and synonyms: breast cancer, quality of life and Asia. Articles reporting on HRQL using EORTC-QLQ-C30, EORTC-QLQ-BR23, FACT-G and FACT-B questionnaires in Asian patients with breast cancer were eligible for inclusion. The methodological quality of each article was assessed using the quality assessment sca

SUBMITTER: Ho PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5914715 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature