The influence of non-clinical patient factors on medical oncologists' decisions to recommend breast cancer adjuvant chemotherapy

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 867-874

  May Pini, T ^a   Hawley, Sarah T ^b   Li, Yun ^c   Katz, Steven J ^b   Griggs, Jennifer J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Decision making; Social environment; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NON WHITE RACE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MICHIGAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84868191099     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-012-2116-3     Document Type: Article

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