Do Community-Based Patient Assistance Programs Affect the Treatment and Well-Being of Patients With Breast Cancer?

摘要

Purpose:Patients with breast cancer who need adjuvant treatments often fail to receive them. High-quality, community-based patient-assistance programs are an underused, inexpensive resource to help patients with cancer obtain needed therapy. We sought to determine whether connecting women to patient-assistance programs would reduce underuse of adjuvant therapies.