Health literacy and patient participation in multidisciplinary tumor conferences in breast cancer care: a multilevel modeling approach

Health literacy and patient participation in multidisciplinary tumor conferences in breast cancer care: a multilevel modeling approach

Abstract Background Decisions made in multidisciplinary tumor conferences (MTC) that consider patient preferences result in better patient outcomes. Furthermore, it has been shown that in some breast cancer centers in Germany, patients participate in MTCs and that participation is associated with so...

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Main Authors: Christian Heuser, Annika Diekmann, Christoph Kowalski, Anna Enders, Rupert Conrad, Holger Pfaff, Lena Ansmann, Nicole Ernstmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Health literacy
Multidisciplinary tumor conference
Tumor board
Patient participation
Breast Cancer
Health services research
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-5546-z

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