Japanese translation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast + 4 (FACT-B + 4) following international guidelines: a verification of linguistic validity
A Japanese version of FACT has existed until now, but there was no Japanese version of FACT-B + 4, which adds four additional items to evaluate swelling and pain in the upper limbs. This time, we have created a Japanese version that has been approved by FACT.
Authors
- Yasuaki Sagara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5705-1739)
- Fumikata Hara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8025-3494)
- Takahiro Tsukioki
- Takehiko Sakai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4982-951X)
- Kaori Terata
- Dai Kitagawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9636-8488)
- Saya R Dennis
- Yuichiro Kikawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3852-5991)
- Tsuguo Iwatani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7162-1515)
- Tomomi Fujisawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8437-5808)
- Tadahiko Shien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3202-5512)
- Naoki Takata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8479-8165)
- Shin Takayama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7210-0922)
- Yuko Takahashi
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Kansai Medical University (JP)
- National Center for Global Health and Medicine (JP)
- Okayama University Hospital (JP)
- Kagoshima City Hospital (JP)
- Akita University Hospital (JP)
- Aichi Cancer Center (JP)
- The Cancer Institute Hospital (JP)
- National Cancer Center Hospital East (JP)
- Hyogo Prefectural Cancer Center (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Breast Cancer
- Published
- 2025-05-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12282-025-01701-x
- Primary Topic
- Lymphatic System and Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Okayama University