Perception that oral anticancer treatments are less efficacious: development of a questionnaire to assess the possible prejudices of patients with cancer.

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Published in Breast Cancer Res Treat on August 01, 2005

Authors

Chiara Catania1, Florence Didier, Maria Elena Leon, Alberto Sbanotto, Luigi Mariani, Franco Nolè, Elena Leida, Andrea Rocca, Tommaso De Pas, Aron Goldhirsch

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Medical Oncology, Day Hospital Unit & Unit of Psycho-oncology, Department of Medicine, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy. chiara.catania@ieo.it

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