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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| P30CA072720 | U.S. NIH Grant/Contract | View source | |
| 0220080300 |
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Slow accrual
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| Name | Class |
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| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | NIH |
| Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey | OTHER |
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RATIONALE: A study that looks at communication between patients and doctors may help oncologists improve patient satisfaction with their treatment plan.
PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying treatment decision making between oncologists and women with newly diagnosed breast cancer and their healthy companions.
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
Secondary
OUTLINE: Patients and their companions undergo consultation with the physician for treatment decision making. The treatment discussion is audio/videotaped for approximately 45 minutes.
Patients complete one short survey prior to physician consultation. After the treatment discussion, patients complete two short surveys, one immediately after the visit in the waiting room before leaving for the day, and the second one a week after the visit by a web-based survey or by mail.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 300 women with breast cancer and 600 companions of these women will be accrued for this study.
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The association between patients' and physicians' participatory communication and psychosocial outcomes. | Pre- and post-Initial treatment decision making visit |
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DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Meets one of the following criteria:
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
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Newly diagnosed, early-stage, female, breast-cancer patients who are scheduled to see a participating surgical oncologist for an initial treatment decision making visit
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Thomas J. Kearney, MD | Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Cancer Institute of New Jersey at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | New Brunswick | New Jersey | 08903 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001943 | Breast Neoplasms |
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| D009371 | Neoplasms by Site |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D001941 | Breast Diseases |
| D012871 | Skin Diseases |
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| D017437 |
| Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases |