Do community-based patient assistance programs affect the treatment and well-being of patients with breast cancer?

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-54

  Bickell, Nina A ^a   Geduld, Andrea N ^a   Joseph, Kathie Ann ^a   Sparano, Joseph A ^a   Kemeny, M Margaret ^a   Oluwole, Soji ^a   Menes, Tehillah ^a   Srinivasan, Anitha ^a   Franco, Rebeca ^a   Fei, Kezhen ^a   Leventhal, Howard ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEALTH STATUS; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT NAVIGATION; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899965877     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2013.000920     Document Type: Article

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