Patient navigation for American Indians undergoing cancer treatment

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2754-2761

  Guadagnolo, B Ashleigh ^a,e   Boylan, Amy ^b   Sargent, Michele ^b   Koop, David ^b   Brunette, Deb ^b   Kanekar, Shalini ^b   Shortbull, Vanessa ^b   Molloy, Kevin ^c   Petereit, Daniel G ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b John T Vucurevich Regional Cancer Care Institute   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e RAPID CITY REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; care delivery; clinical trial enrollment; patient navigation; treatment interruptions

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICARE; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT NAVIGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SARCOMA; STOMACH CANCER; THERAPY DELAY; THYROID CANCER; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79958859960     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25823     Document Type: Article

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