New Survey from Leading Breast Cancer Organization Suggests Need to Define Issues of Personal Importance

Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization. 2007 Dec 16

SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Seventy-two percent of breast cancer patients and nearly 60 percent of oncologists report overall satisfaction with the quality of their communication, yet there is a wide gap between what doctors and patients think is important to discuss, according to a new survey commissioned by Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization(TM) (Y-ME). The survey findings were presented today at the 30th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). Surveyed patients...

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