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Comparing the use of Arabic decision aid to usual care

A multicenter randomized controlled trial for Arabic speaking metastatic colorectal cancer patients in Saudi Arabia

Aeshah I. AlSagheir, Norah A. Alrowais, Basema Kh. Alkhudhair, Nada A. AlYousefi, Ahmed I. Al Sagheir, Asma M. Ali and Amel AlMakoshi
Saudi Medical Journal May 2020, 41 (5) 499-507; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.5.25064
Aeshah I. AlSagheir
From the Ministry of Health (AlSagheir AI, Khudhair); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alrowais, AlYousefi), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh; from the Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare Oncology Institute (Al Sagheir AH), Dhahran; General Directorate of Medical Services of the Armed Forces (Almakoshi), Ministry of Defense, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Northeast Cancer Centre (Ali), Ontario, Canada
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Norah A. Alrowais
From the Ministry of Health (AlSagheir AI, Khudhair); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alrowais, AlYousefi), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh; from the Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare Oncology Institute (Al Sagheir AH), Dhahran; General Directorate of Medical Services of the Armed Forces (Almakoshi), Ministry of Defense, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Northeast Cancer Centre (Ali), Ontario, Canada
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Basema Kh. Alkhudhair
From the Ministry of Health (AlSagheir AI, Khudhair); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alrowais, AlYousefi), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh; from the Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare Oncology Institute (Al Sagheir AH), Dhahran; General Directorate of Medical Services of the Armed Forces (Almakoshi), Ministry of Defense, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Northeast Cancer Centre (Ali), Ontario, Canada
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Nada A. AlYousefi
From the Ministry of Health (AlSagheir AI, Khudhair); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alrowais, AlYousefi), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh; from the Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare Oncology Institute (Al Sagheir AH), Dhahran; General Directorate of Medical Services of the Armed Forces (Almakoshi), Ministry of Defense, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Northeast Cancer Centre (Ali), Ontario, Canada
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Ahmed I. Al Sagheir
From the Ministry of Health (AlSagheir AI, Khudhair); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alrowais, AlYousefi), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh; from the Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare Oncology Institute (Al Sagheir AH), Dhahran; General Directorate of Medical Services of the Armed Forces (Almakoshi), Ministry of Defense, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Northeast Cancer Centre (Ali), Ontario, Canada
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Asma M. Ali
From the Ministry of Health (AlSagheir AI, Khudhair); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alrowais, AlYousefi), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh; from the Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare Oncology Institute (Al Sagheir AH), Dhahran; General Directorate of Medical Services of the Armed Forces (Almakoshi), Ministry of Defense, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Northeast Cancer Centre (Ali), Ontario, Canada
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Amel AlMakoshi
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Aeshah I. AlSagheir, Norah A. Alrowais, Basema Kh. Alkhudhair, Nada A. AlYousefi, Ahmed I. Al Sagheir, Asma M. Ali, Amel AlMakoshi
Saudi Medical Journal May 2020, 41 (5) 499-507; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2020.5.25064

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Saudi Medical Journal May 2020, 41 (5) 499-507; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2020.5.25064
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