title: Treatment options for early stage breast cancer.
abstract: The second of this two-part series addresses the numerous decisions patients face regarding treatment options for early stage breast cancer. Nurses must develop strategies to help patients clarify, interpret, and process information for decision-making, anticipating treatment outcomes, managing side effects and effects of role function.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Knobf
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003657:Decision Making; D003663:Decision Trees; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010358:Patient Participation; D016896:Treatment Outcome