Open AccessBreast Cancer: Making Sense of the Numbers
Author(s) -
Martha C. Monroe,
Barbara F. Shea,
Linda B. Bobroff
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
edis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-0009
DOI - 10.32473/edis-fy895-2006
Subject(s) - odds , breast cancer , cancer , medicine , gerontology , oncology , demography , family medicine , sociology , logistic regression
FCS8825/FY895, a 5–page fact sheet by Martha C. Monroe, Barbara F. Shea, and Linda Bobroff, will help newly diagnosed breast cancer patients understand the numbers and statistics they will hear as they learn what type of cancer they have, what stage it is, and how aggressive it is. Includes explanations of the different scoring systems used by physicians and a section on understanding how treatments change survival odds. Published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, December 2006.FCS8825/FY895: Breast Cancer: Making Sense of the Numbers (ufl.edu)