Advanced breast cancer patients' perceptions of decision making for palliative chemotherapy

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1090-1098

  Grunfeld, Elizabeth A ^a   Maher, E Jane ^a   Browne, Susannah ^a   Ward, Pippa ^a   Young, Teresa ^a   Vivat, Bella ^a   Walker, Gay ^a   Wilson, Cathy ^a   Potts, Henry W ^a   Westcombe, Alex M ^a   Richards, Michael A ^a   Ramirez, Amanda J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAPECITABINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NAUSEA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BREAST TUMOR; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33644969262     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.01.9208     Document Type: Article

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