Physicians' knowledge, attitude, and behavior regarding fertility issues for young breast cancer patients: A national survey for breast care specialists

Breast Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 230-240

  Shimizu, Chikako ^a   Bando, Hiroko ^b   Kato, Tomoyasu ^a   Mizota, Yuri ^c   Yamamoto, Seiichiro ^c   Fujiwara, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c National Cancer Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fertility preservation; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPECIALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPECIALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880016137     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12282-011-0328-8     Document Type: Article

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