Underuse of breast cancer adjuvant treatment: Patient knowledge, beliefs, and medical mistrust

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 31, 2009, Pages 5160-5167

  Bickell, Nina A ^a   Weidmann, Jessica ^a   Fei, Kezhen ^a   Lin, Jenny J ^a   Leventhal, Howard ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG USE; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST; UNITED STATES; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 70449717270     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.22.9773     Document Type: Article

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