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A nurse case management intervention improved medical care given to older women with newly diagnosed breast cancer

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.7.2.58

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    Goodwin JS, Satish S, Anderson ET, et al. Effect of nurse case management on the treatment of older women with breast cancer. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51:1252–9.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Q Does a nurse case management intervention (NCMI) improve the medical care of community dwelling women ⩾65 years of age with newly diagnosed breast cancer?

    METHODS

    Embedded ImageDesign:

    cluster randomised controlled trial.

    Embedded ImageAllocation:

    {concealed}*.

    Embedded ImageBlinding:

    blinded (outcome assessors).

    Embedded ImageFollow up period:

    12 months of intervention.

    Embedded ImageSetting:

    13 community and 2 public hospitals in southeast Texas, USA.

    Embedded ImagePatients:

    335 community dwelling women ⩾65 years of age (mean age 72 y) who had newly diagnosed breast cancer.

    Embedded ImageIntervention:

    patients (in clusters at the level of the attending surgeon) were allocated in a stratified design (with surgeons stratified by total number of new patients with breast cancer seen in the previous year) to an …

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