Title
Patient knowledge and information-seeking about personalized cancer therapy.
Abstract
•Female breast cancer patients completed a self-administered questionnaire.•Cancer genetics and personalized cancer therapy knowledge was moderate.•Only 27% of patients indicated that they had sought information regarding PCT.•Education and income were associated with higher knowledge scores and information-seeking.•Knowledge was not associated with willingness to participate in research.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2016.01.005
International Journal of Medical Informatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Patient knowledge,Information-seeking behavior,Patient attitudes,Molecular testing,Personalized cancer therapy
Patient participation,Precision medicine,Information seeking behavior,Breast cancer,Information seeking,Knowledge management,Young adult,Patient education,Medicine,Cancer
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
88
1386-5056
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
1
9