What are patients' expectations about the effects of chemotherapy for advanced cancer?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 588-590

  Pawlik, Timothy M ^a   Devon, Karen M ^a   Fields, Clay Anthony ^a   Hinshaw, Daniel B ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; BLACK PERSON; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; HISPANIC; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; THERAPY EFFECT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

EID: 84906569776     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.06.008     Document Type: Review

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