Cancer stage knowledge and desire for information: Mismatch in latino cancer patients?

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 458-465

  Costas Muniz, Rosario ^a   Sen, Rohini ^a   Leng, Jennifer ^a   Aragones, Abraham ^a   Ramirez, Julia ^a   Gany, Francesca ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer stage; Hispanic Americans; Immigrant health; Knowledge; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; ARTICLE; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AWARENESS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84893662219     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-013-0487-8     Document Type: Article

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