Using scenarios to explain life expectancy in advanced cancer: Attitudes of people with a cancer experience

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 369-376

  Kiely, B E ^a   McCaughan, G ^b   Christodoulou, S ^a   Beale, P J ^b,c,d   Grimison, P ^b,c   Trotman, J ^b,d   Tattersall, M H N ^b,c   Stockler, M R ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^d Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Communication; Life expectancy; Prognosis; Survival time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84874113015     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1526-4     Document Type: Article

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