Physician referral for fertility preservation in oncology patients: A national study of practice behaviors

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 35, 2009, Pages 5952-5957

  Quinn, Gwendolyn P ^a   Vadaparampil, Susan T ^a   Lee, Ji Hyun ^a   Jacobsen, Paul B ^a   Bepler, Gerold ^a   Lancaster, Johnathan ^a   Keefe, David L ^a   Albrecht, Terrance L ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; E-MAIL; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; PREGNANCY; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG EFFECT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INFERTILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONCOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349132711     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.23.0250     Document Type: Article

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