Open AccessKnowledge of Cancer Stage among Women with Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer
Author(s) -
Jenna Hinchey,
Jessica Goldberg,
Sarah Linsky,
Rebecca Linsky,
Sangchoon Jeon,
Dena SchulmanGreen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.986
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-6218
pISSN - 1557-7740
DOI - 10.1089/jpm.2015.0133
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , hospital anxiety and depression scale , stage (stratigraphy) , logistic regression , anxiety , cancer , disease , palliative care , family medicine , gynecology , psychiatry , nursing , paleontology , biology
Discrepancies may exist between what oncologists communicate and what patients understand about their cancer stage and its implications.