Narrowing racial gaps in breast cancer chemotherapy initiation: The role of the patient-provider relationship

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 207-216

  Sheppard, Vanessa B ^a   Isaacs, Claudine ^b   Luta, George ^a,b   Willey, Shawna C ^b   Boisvert, Marc ^c   Harper, Felicity W K ^d   Smith, Karen ^c   Horton, Sara ^e   Liu, Minetta C ^f   Jennings, Yvonne ^a   Hirpa, Fikru ^a   Snead, Felicia ^g   Mandelblatt, Jeanne S ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^g First Coast Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy initiation; Disparities; Patient provider communication

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CAUCASIAN; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERAPY DELAY; TRUST;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84877579236     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-013-2520-3     Document Type: Article

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