Patient Communication Preferences for Prostate Cancer Screening Discussions: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Prostate cancer screening guidelines have changed as new evidence showing an equivocal mortality benefit led many organizations to relax recommendations for this screening and instead suggest shared decision making. Presently, it is unknown how successfully these conversations happen. Our objective was to understand men's communication preferences when they discuss prostate cancer screening.

Methods

In this scoping review, we searched 4 electronic databases (Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, and CINAHL) and the gray literature. Additional studies were obtained from reference lists of included studies and relevant review articles. We included qualitative studies reporting patient perspectives relevant to the research question and published in English. Two independent researc

SUBMITTER: Fong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10519764 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature