Clinician perspectives on patient-centered conversations about weight management with patients with early breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study is to gather detailed insights from breast cancer (BC) clinicians on how to have patient-centered conversations about weight and weight management with women diagnosed with early BC. A high body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor for female BC, and many women diagnosed with BC experience unhealthy weight gain after their primary treatment. The oncology team has the opportunity to discuss the importance of healthy weight for BC prognosis and survival.

Methods

The sample of community-based BC clinicians included the following: three Black clinicians, three White clinicians, and two clinicians who were neither Black nor White; six females and two males; and six MDs and two physician assistants or nurse practitioners. Semistructured telephone inte

SUBMITTER: Nyrop KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11328927 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature