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| Effect of nurse case management on the treatment of older women with breast cancer | | Author(s) | James S Goodwin, Shiva Satish, Elizabeth T Anderson |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 51, no 9, September 2003 |
| Pages | pp 1252-1259 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Cancer ; Therapeutics ; Nursing ; Case work ; Management [care] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 335 women aged 65+ newly diagnosed with breast cancer were randomly assigned to control (166) and intervention (169) groups. The intervention group received the services of a nurse case manager for 12 months after diagnosis. More women in the intervention group received breast-conserving surgery (28.6% vs 18.7%) and radiation therapy (36% vs 19%); they were more likely to receive breast reconstruction (9.3% vs 23.6%); and in the case of those with advanced cancer, were more likely to receive chemotherapy (72.7% vs 30%). 2 months after surgery, higher percentages of women in the case management group had normal arm function (93% vs 84%) and were more likely to state that they had a real choice in their treatment (82.2% vs 69.9%). Women with indicators of poor social support were more likely to benefit from nurse case management, which overall results in more appropriate management of women with breast cancer. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031106210 A |
| Classmark | BD: CK: LL: LQ: IGA: QA: 7T |
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