Exploring Patient-Physician Communication in Breast Cancer Care for African American Women Following Primary Treatment

Renee Royak-Schaler, PhD, MEd, is the director of the master of public health program and is an associate professor, Susan Racine Passmore, PhD, is a research associate, Shahinaz Gadalla, MD, PhD, is a doctoral graduate, M. Katherine Hoy, PhD, is a research associate, Min Zhan, PhD, is an assistant professor, and Katherine Tkaczuk, MD, is an associate professor of oncology, all in the School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. LeVonia M. Harper is the public relations director and Peggy D. Nicholson is the president, both at Sisters Network Baltimore Chapter; and Alva P. Hutchison, BS, is an associate vice-president at the American Cancer Society’s South Atlantic Division in Baltimore. Funding for this study was provided by grants from the Lance Armstrong Foundation and the Maryland affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. (Submitted August 2007. Accepted for publication January 7, 2008.)