Participation of older newly-diagnosed cancer patients in an observational prospective pilot study: An example of recruitment and retention

BMC Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Puts, Martine T E ^a,b   Monette, Johanne ^a,c   Girre, Veronique ^c,d   Wolfson, Christina ^b,e   Monette, Michele ^a   Batist, Gerald ^f   Bergman, Howard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RESEARCH; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 70049115912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-277     Document Type: Article

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