The import of trust in regular providers to trust in cancer physicians among white, African American, and Hispanic breast cancer patients.

Background: Interpersonal trust is an important component of the patient-doctor relationship. Little is known about patients' trust in the multiple providers seen when confronting serious illness.

Objectives: To characterize breast cancer patients' trust in their regular providers, diagnosing physicians, and cancer treatment team and examine whether high trust in one's regular provider confers high trust to cancer physicians.