Factors That Predict the Referral of Breast Cancer Patients Onto Clinical Trials by Their Surgeons and Medical Oncologists

Abstract

(1) Physicians still need to overcome attitudinal and practical barriers to trial participation, (2) more support for physicians is needed, (3) surgeons may play a pivotal role in the recruitment of patients to adjuvant therapy trials, and (4) garnering patient enthusiasm for trial participation and involving them in the choice of adjuvant therapy may be key components to increasing trial enrollment.