Communicating prognosis to women with early breast cancer – overview of prediction tools and the development and pilot testing of a decision aid

Communicating prognosis to women with early breast cancer – overview of prediction tools and the development and pilot testing of a decision aid

Abstract Background Shared decision-making in oncology requires information on individual prognosis. This comprises cancer prognosis as well as competing risks of dying due to age and comorbidities. Decision aids usually do not provide such information on competing risks. We conducted an overview on...

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Main Authors: Viktoria Mühlbauer, Birte Berger-Höger, Martina Albrecht, Ingrid Mühlhauser, Anke Steckelberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Decision-making
Decision support techniques
Prognosis
Breast neoplasms
Risk communication
Prediction tool
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-3988-2

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