Association of clinical experiences with patient-reported outcomes among breast cancer surgery patients: Breast cancer quality care study

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-225

  Noh, Dong Young ^a   Nam, Seok Jin ^b   Ahn, Se Hyun ^c   Park, Byeong Woo ^d   Lee, Eun Sook ^e   Lee, Myung Kyung ^e   Kim, Soo Hyun ^e   Kim, Yoo Min ^e   Park, Sang Min ^e   Yun, Young Ho ^e  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer care; Quality

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 39149098420     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9299-9     Document Type: Article

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