Making hard choices easier: A prospective, multicentre study to assess the efficacy of a fertility-related decision aid in young women with early-stage breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1053-1061

  Peate, M ^a,b   Meiser, B ^a,b   Cheah, B C ^c   Saunders, C ^d   Butow, P ^e   Thewes, B ^e   Hart, R ^f   Phillips, K A ^g,h   Hickey, M ^h   Friedlander, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

breast cancer; decision aid; decision making; fertility; young women

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84858239972     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.61     Document Type: Article

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