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Breast cancer treatment in older women — impact of the patient-physician interaction
Author(s)	Rose C Maly, Barbara Leake, Rebecca A Silliman
Journal title	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 52, no 7, July 2004
Pages	pp 1138-1145
Source	http://www.americangeriatrics.org http://www.blackwellpublishing.com
Keywords	Older women ; Cancer ; Patients ; Communication ; General practitioners ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Participants were 222 consecutively identified breast cancer patients aged 55+ in Los Angeles County, California, who were within 6 months of breast cancer diagnosis and/or 1 month post-treatment. The interaction between patient and doctor was examined with regard to those aspects of communication that affect breast cancer knowledge, treatment delay and surgical treatment received. In multiple logistic regression models, informational support positively predicted patient breast cancer knowledge, negatively predicted treatment delays, and positively predicted receipt of breast conserving surgery (BCS). Age and ethnicity were not significant predictors in these models. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040913226 A
Classmark	BD: CK: LF: U: QT6: 3KB: 7T
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