Patients' understanding of treatment goals and disease course and their relationship with optimism, hope, and quality of life: a preliminary study among advanced breast cancer outpatients before receiving palliative treatment.

Soylu, Cem; Babacan, Taner; Sever, Ali R; Altundag, Kadri

Soylu, Cem; Babacan, Taner; Sever, Ali R; Altundag, Kadri.

Affiliation

Soylu C; Department of Psychology, Beytepe Campus, Hacettepe University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey. csoylu@hacettepe.edu.tr.
Babacan T; Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey.
Sever AR; Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Altundag K; Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey.

Support Care Cancer ; 24(8): 3481-8, 2016 08.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27003902

Subject(s)

Breast Neoplasms/therapy; Palliative Care/methods; Quality of Life/psychology; Adult; Aged; Breast Neoplasms/mortality; Disease Progression; Female; Goals; Hope; Humans; Middle Aged; Optimism; Outpatients; Prognosis; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult

Key words

Advanced breast cancer; Expectation of progression; Optimism; Perception of treatment intent

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Palliative Care / Quality of Life / Breast Neoplasms Type of study: Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research Aspects: Patient_preference Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Support Care Cancer Journal subject: NEOPLASIAS / SERVICOS DE SAUDE Year: 2016 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Turkey Country of publication: Germany

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