1. Exploring Decision-Making about Neo-adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer.
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Zdenkowski, Nicholas, Butow, Phyllis, Fewster, Sheryl, Beckmore, Corinna, Wells, Kathryn, Forbes, John F., and Boyle, Frances
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BREAST tumor treatment , *CANCER patient psychology , *COMBINED modality therapy , *COMMUNICATION , *INTERVIEWING , *RESEARCH methodology , *PHYSICIAN-patient relations , *QUALITY of life , *TRUST , *QUALITATIVE research , *SOCIAL support , *THEMATIC analysis , *PATIENTS' attitudes , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *PATIENT decision making - Abstract
The article discusses aspects of decision making in neo-adjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) for breast cancer. Topics include women's trust in clinicians to avoid the burden of decision-making in NACT for the treatment of breast cancer, women's access to a decision-support tool to help in their decision-making and the reasons behind breast cancer patients consideration of NACT.
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- 2016
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