Implementing a system of quality-of-life diagnosis and therapy for breast cancer patients: Results of an exploratory trial as a prerequisite for a subsequent RCT

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 415-422

  Klinkhammer Schalke, M ^a,d   Koller, M ^b   Ehret, C ^a   Steinger, B ^a   Ernst, B ^a   Wyatt, J C ^c   Hofstadter F ^a   Lorenz, W ^a  

^a Tumor Center Regensburg   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d Tumor Center Regensburg EV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Exploratory trial; Implementation; Patient doctor agreement; Positivity criterion; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 48349092700     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604505     Document Type: Article

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