Clinical trial · Observational
Factors and Perceptions Affecting Treatment Choices of Breast Cancer Patients
Factors and Perceptions Affecting Treatment Choices of Breast Cancer Patients. Multi-center Cross-sectional Study in Israel Among Breast Cancer Survivors, With a Preliminary Qualitative Study
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
A Multi-center Cross-sectional quantitative study with a preliminary qualitative study part aiming to identify and analyze demand factors, supply factors and perceptions affecting Breast Cancer patients' treatment choices of Breast Cancer patients in 5 key decision points: participation role in the decision making process, hospital choice, treatment regimen choice, surgical extent and surgeon choice. 25 patients and caregivers will participate in the qualitative part and 425 Israeli Breast Cancer patients will participate in the quantitative study.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Factors and perceptions questionnaire | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Qualitative interview | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (4)
- label
- Kaplan Hospital
- description
- Breast cancer survivors recruited at the Kaplan Medical Center
- interventionNames
- Other: Factors and perceptions questionnaire
- Other: Qualitative interview
- label
- Rambam Hospital
- description
- Breast cancer survivors recruited at the Rambam Medical Center
- interventionNames
- Other: Factors and perceptions questionnaire
- Other: Qualitative interview
- label
- Sheba
- description
- Breast cancer survivors recruited at the Sheba Medical Center
- interventionNames
- Other: Factors and perceptions questionnaire
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 30 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Hebrew speaking Jewish women * Aged 30 - 75 years * Diagnosed with breast cancer up to 5 years prior to study recruitment * Successfully completed all chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments * Considered Cancer free Exclusion Criteria: * Any type of residual cancer * Any type of chemotherapy or radiotherapy
References
Publications (16)
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- RESULTBeaver K, Luker KA, Owens RG, Leinster SJ, Degner LF, Sloan JA. Treatment decision making in women newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Cancer Nurs. 1996 Feb;19(1):8-19. doi: 10.1097/00002820-199602000-00002. PMID 8904382
- RESULTBenbassat J, Pilpel D, Tidhar M. Patients' preferences for participation in clinical decision making: a review of published surveys. Behav Med. 1998 Summer;24(2):81-8. doi: 10.1080/08964289809596384. PMID 9695899
- RESULTBouche G, Migeot V, Mathoulin-Pelissier S, Salamon R, Ingrand P. Breast cancer surgery: do all patients want to go to high-volume hospitals? Surgery. 2008 Jun;143(6):699-705. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.03.013. Epub 2008 May 9. PMID 18549885
- RESULTCelaya MO, Rees JR, Gibson JJ, Riddle BL, Greenberg ER. Travel distance and season of diagnosis affect treatment choices for women with early-stage breast cancer in a predominantly rural population (United States). Cancer Causes Control. 2006 Aug;17(6):851-6. doi: 10.1007/s10552-006-0025-7. PMID 16783613
- RESULTDuric V, Stockler M. Patients' preferences for adjuvant chemotherapy in early breast cancer: a review of what makes it worthwhile. Lancet Oncol. 2001 Nov;2(11):691-7. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(01)00559-9. PMID 11902540
- RESULTHarris KM. How do patients choose physicians? Evidence from a national survey of enrollees in employment-related health plans. Health Serv Res. 2003 Apr;38(2):711-32. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.00141. PMID 12785569
- Hawley ST, Griggs JJ, Hamilton AS, Graff JJ, Janz NK, Morrow M, Jagsi R, Salem B, Katz SJ. Decision involvement and receipt of mastectomy among racially and ethnically diverse breast cancer patients. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2009 Oct 7;101(19):1337-47. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djp271. Epub 2009 Aug 31.