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SUBMITTER: Osawa T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7677272 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Osawa Takahiro T Wei John T JT Abe Takashige T Honda Michitaka M Yamada Shuhei S Furumido Jun J Kikuchi Hiroshi H Matsumoto Ryuji R Hirakawa Kazushi K Sato Yasuyuki Y Sasaki Yoshihiro Y Harabayashi Toru T Takada Norikata N Minami Keita K Tanaka Hiroshi H Morita Ken K Kashiwagi Akira A Miyajima Naoto N Akino Tomoshige T Murai Sachiyo S Ito Yoichi M YM Fukuhara Shunichi S Ogasawara Katsuhiko K Shinohara Nobuo N
International journal of clinical oncology 20200824 12
<h4>Introduction</h4>We validated a Japanese version of the Bladder Cancer Index (BCI) as a tool for measuring health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in bladder cancer patients treated with various surgical procedures.<h4>Methods</h4>The reliability and validity of the Japanese BCI were examined in 397 Japanese patients with bladder cancer via cross-sectional analysis. The patients simultaneously completed the Short Form (SF)-12, EQ-5D, and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General and ...[more]