Clinical trial discussion, referral, and recruitment: Physician, patient, and system factors

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 979-988

  Kaplan, Celia P ^a,b,c   Nápoles, Anna Maria ^a,b,c   Dohan, Daniel ^b,c   Hwang, E Shelley ^d   Melisko, Michelle ^a,c   Nickleach, Dana ^a,b   Quinn, Jessica Ann ^a,b   Haas, Jennifer ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Breast cancer; Clinical trials participation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892800540     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-013-0173-5     Document Type: Article

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