Impact of a prostate multidisciplinary clinic program on patient treatment decisions and on adherence to NCCN guidelines: The william beaumont hospital experience

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-125

  Korman, Howard ^a   Lanni Jr , Thomas ^a   Shah, Chirag ^a   Parslow, Jan ^b   Tull, Joyce ^a   Ghilezan, Mihai ^a   Krauss, Daniel ^a   Balaraman, Savitha ^a   Kernen, Kenneth ^a   Cotant, Matthew ^a   Margolis, Jeffrey ^a   Vicini, Frank A ^b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

active surveillance; community clinical oncology program; evidencebased guidelines; multidisciplinary approach; prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTATECTOMY; RADIATION; UROLOGIST;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84876154368     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e318243708f     Document Type: Article

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