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Ansmann, Lena ORCID: 0000-0002-8628-7166, Kowalski, Christoph, Pfaff, Holger ORCID: 0000-0001-9154-6575, Wuerstlein, Rachel, Wirtz, Markus Antonius ORCID: 0000-0002-9392-0484 and Ernstmann, Nicole ORCID: 0000-0001-7685-6110 (2014). Patient participation in multidisciplinary tumor conferences. Breast, 23 (6). S. 865 - 870. EDINBURGH: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE. ISSN 1532-3080

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Abstract

Objectives: To identify (1) how frequently patients are invited to take part and actually do take part in multidisciplinary tumor conferences (MTCs), (2) which patient characteristics affect whether they are invited to MTCs and whether they decide to participate, (3) the extent to which invitation and participation depend on the specific hospital. Study design: Survey data from 4146 newly-diagnosed breast cancer patients treated in 83 hospitals in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, were analyzed using multilevel modeling. Results: 12% of the patients were offered participation in the MTC. More than half of these patients actually participated. Invitations to participate differed by patients' sociodemographic, disease, and treatment characteristics, whereas decisions to participate were largely independent of these characteristics. Invitation and participation are strongly dependent on the specific hospital. Conclusion: The practice of inviting cancer patients to MTCs requires further research, particularly on benefits and disadvantages for patients and ways of organizing MTCs. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Ansmann, Lena UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8628-7166 UNSPECIFIED Kowalski, Christoph UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pfaff, Holger UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9154-6575 UNSPECIFIED Wuerstlein, Rachel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Wirtz, Markus Antonius UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-9392-0484 UNSPECIFIED Ernstmann, Nicole UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-7685-6110 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-421424
DOI:	10.1016/j.breast.2014.09.004
Journal or Publication Title:	Breast
Volume:	23
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 865 - 870
Date:	2014
Publisher:	CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
Place of Publication:	EDINBURGH
ISSN:	1532-3080
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language BREAST-CANCER PATIENTS; DECISION-MAKING; CARE; INVOLVEMENT; PHYSICIANS; PREFERENCES; SUPPORT; DISEASE Multiple languages Oncology; Obstetrics & Gynecology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/42142