Surgical treatment preferences in Chinese-American women with early-stage breast cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 969-984

  Killoran, Moira ^a   Moyer, Anne ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast conserving treatment; Cancer; Chinese American; Mastectomy; Oncology; Treatment decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY CANCER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL BELIEF;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; SAN FRANCISCO; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33751091219     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1032     Document Type: Article

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