Decision consultations on preoperative radiotherapy for rectal cancer: Large variation in benefits and harms that are addressed

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-43

  Kunneman, M ^a   Marijnen, C A M ^a   Rozema, T ^b   Ceha, H M ^c   Grootenboers, D A R H ^d   Neelis, K J ^a   Stiggelbout, A M ^a   Pieterse, A H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^d REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

communication; information provision; preoperative radiotherapy; rectal cancer; shared decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSULTATION; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920683148     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.546     Document Type: Article

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