Dialysis physicians' referral behaviors for hemodialysis patients suspected of having cancer: A vignette-based questionnaire study.

Shingo FukumaMiho KimachiKenji OmaeYuki KataokaHajime YamazakiManabu MutoTadao AkizawaMotoko YanagitaShunichi Fukuhara

Published in: PloS one (2018)

Physicians' referral behaviors for dialysis patients suspected of having cancer vary for different cancer biological factors (probability of having cancer). However, the referral behaviors are similar for different patient functional factors (age, PS, and cognitive dysfunction).

Keyphrases

papillary thyroid
primary care
end stage renal disease
squamous cell
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
pulmonary embolism
childhood cancer
newly diagnosed
cross sectional
patient reported