Evaluating A Multidisciplinary Cancer Conference Checklist: Practice Versus Perceptions.

Background: Presentation to multidisciplinary cancer conferences (MCCs) supports optimal treatment of young women with breast cancer (YWBC). However, research shows barriers to MCC practice, and variation in professional attendance and referral patterns. A checklist may help overcome these barriers and support MCC practice with YWBC.

What Young Women with Breast Cancer Get Versus What They Want in Online Information and Social Media Supports.

Young women are high users of social media (SM), but information is lacking on whether online supports including SM meet the needs of young women (<40 years) with breast cancer (YWBC). YWBC are a vulnerable population who experience many psychosocial challenges alongside cancer diagnosis and treatment. This study aimed to gather data on what YWBC get versus what they want in online support.

A review of factors affecting patient fertility preservation discussions & decision-making from the perspectives of patients and providers.

Women undergoing cancer treatments and their healthcare providers encounter challenges in fertility preservation (FP) discussions and decision-making. A systematic review of qualitative research was conducted to gain in-depth understanding of factors influencing FP discussions and decision-making. Major bibliographic databases and grey literature in English from 1994 to 2016 were searched for qualitative research exploring patient/provider perspectives on barriers and facilitators to FP decision-making.

Scoping clinicians' perspectives on pre-treatment multidisciplinary care for young women with breast cancer.

Background: Young women with breast cancer (YWBC) experience worse medical and psychosocial outcomes than their older counterparts. Early input from a multidisciplinary team via pre-treatment multidisciplinary cancer conferences (pMCCs) may be important for addressing the complex needs of YWBC. However, pMCCs are not common.

Predicting nonadherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy in women with early stage breast cancer.

Background: Failing to take endocrine therapy (ET) as prescribed (nonadherence) increases risk of morbidity and mortality from breast cancer recurrence. We explored predictors of nonadherence, including demographic, clinical, treatment, and personal factors, among women newly prescribed ET for early stage breast cancer. We also examined predictors of their thoughts about stopping treatment (TST).

Beliefs about medicine and illness are associated with fear of cancer recurrence in women taking adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer.

Objectives: Adjuvant endocrine therapy for early-stage breast cancer has greatly reduced the morbidity and mortality associated with breast cancer recurrence. Despite this, a significant proportion of women report fears of cancer recurrence. This study examined the associations between fear of cancer recurrence (FoR) and illness perceptions, medication beliefs, and treatment side effects in women taking adjuvant endocrine therapy following breast cancer.

Expressive writing in context: the effects of a confessional setting and delivery of instructions on participant experience and language in writing.

Objectives: Manipulations of the setting and instructions were tested for effects on language use and reported health following expressive writing (EW).

Methods: Participants (N=76) wrote in one of three conditions that differed by setting and the delivery of writing instructions.

Results: The results showed that altering the context for EW influences participants' language use and their perceptions of the experience.