News tagged with treatment decision
Decision tool for prostate cancer patients helps men customize treatment in anxious time
Jun 15, 2009 |
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An online decision tool created in part by a graduate student at the University of California Irvine helps men diagnosed with prostate cancer sort through an intimidating flurry of possible treatments and customize treatment ...
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Family, friends may impact breast cancer surgery decision, study finds
Aug 31, 2009 |
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About three-quarters of women newly diagnosed with breast cancer have a friend or family member with them at their first visit with a surgeon. And that person plays a significant role in the patient's decision of what type ...
Health-care providers and patients differ on views of knee replacement
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Total knee replacement (TKR) is a common treatment for osteoarthritis, a disease affecting more than 20 million Americans. However, the surgery poses risks and both patients and physicians must carefully assess its potential ...
Patients say 'no thanks' to risky medical treatments
Nov 30, 2009 |
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A recent study suggests that increasing patient responsibility for making medical decisions may decrease their willingness to accept risky treatment options. Details of this proof-of-concept study appear in the December issue ...
One scan per patient is not always enough
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Seven medical imaging groups wrote a joint letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to formally request coverage of two fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) scans for a patient ...
Tragic choices: Is it better for doctors or patient families to decide?
Apr 20, 2009 |
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In the medical realm, people sometimes need to make very difficult choices, such as deciding to end life-support for a terminally ill patient. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research delves into the question of whe ...
How do doctors really feel about surrogate decision making?
Sep 08, 2009 |
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A growing number of hospitalized adults are incapable of making their own health decisions, but little research has explored how doctors feel about making medical decisions with a patient's surrogate decision ...
How can clinicians help patients make decisions consistent with their values?
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Communication in healthcare: how can clinicians help patients make decisions consistent with their values?
High-risk women reluctant to take tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer, study finds
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Even when women at high-risk of breast cancer are well-informed about the risks and benefits of using the drug tamoxifen for prevention, only 6 percent said they were likely to take it.
Prediction model superior to traditional criteria in bladder treatment decision
Oct 12, 2009 |
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A statistical model can accurately predict which patients will have poor outcomes after bladder surgery and can determine the need for chemotherapy. The analysis, to be published in the December 1, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer ...
Study explores how women make decisions about breast cancer surgery
Oct 26, 2009 |
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For women just diagnosed with breast cancer, one of the important decisions confronting them is whether to have a lumpectomy or mastectomy. A diagnosis of breast cancer will affect one in every eight women in the United States, ...
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