Recruitment and Retention Challenges in Breast Cancer Survivorship Research: Results from a Multisite, Randomized Intervention Trial in Women with Early Stage Breast Cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1087-1090

  Sears, Sharon R ^b   Stanton, Annette L ^a   Kwan, Lorna ^c   Krupnick, Janice L ^d   Rowland, Julia H ^e   Meyerowitz, Beth E ^f   Ganz, Patricia A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT RECRUITMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT RETENTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTRATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COUNSELING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0142243161     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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