Enhancing patient engagement: the influence of an in-consult patient decision aid on shared decision-making for lung tumour radiation - protocol for the randomised trial 'SDM Lung SBRT'.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patient engagement is continuously being promoted by patients as well as politicians and healthcare professionals. One way of increasing patient engagement is by using shared decision-making (SDM), which is a joint effort of clinicians and patients making decisions together.When planning stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for a lung tumour located close to the thoracic wall, there are conflicting interests between (1) delivering the highest possible dose to obtain local tumour control and (2) reducing the dose to the thoracic wall to decrease the risk of chest wall pain and rib fractures following treatment. The radiation oncologist often makes the choice of dose without any engagement of the patient. We believe that the patients should be engaged in such a dec

SUBMITTER: Fink TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11751786 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature