Clinical trial priorities among surgeons caring for breast cancer patients

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 474-480

  Schroen, Anneke T ^a   Brenin, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to clinical trials; Breast cancer; Clinical trial accrual; Patient participation; Physician practice patterns; Research priorities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL STUDY; HUMAN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSE VARIABLE; SURGEON; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40949097780     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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