Challenges associated with longitudinal survivorship research: Attrition and a novel approach of reenrollment in a 6-year follow-up study of older breast cancer survivors

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-103

  Clough Gorr, Kerri M ^a   Fink, Aliza K ^b   Silliman, Rebecca A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Breast cancer; Longitudinal research; Older adults; Reenrollment; Survivor; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449089346     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-008-0049-y     Document Type: Article

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