Multiple physician recommendations for prostate cancer treatment: A Pandora's box for patients?

Canadian Journal of Urology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 5346-5354

  Underwood III, Willie ^a,b   Orom, Heather ^b   Poch, Michael ^a   West, Brady T ^c   Lantz, Paula M ^c   Chang, Sam S ^d   Fowke, Jay H ^d  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Treatment decision making; Treatment recommendations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UROLOGY;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UROLOGY;

EID: 79952278777     PISSN: 11959479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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