Factors impacting informed decision-making for patients with pancreatic cancer: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Informed decision-making is an essential component of shared decision-making between patients and their cancer teams that promotes patient comprehension of their disease and available treatment options. The complex nature of multidisciplinary treatment for pancreatic cancer (PC) presents unique challenges for informed decision-making, for which barriers and facilitators are poorly understood.

Methods

In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with PC patients seeking treatment at a Midwestern, high-volume, academic medical center to examine various aspects of informed decision-making, including patients' understanding of treatment options, challenges in obtaining information, and how a decision aid may improve decision-making. Purposive samp

SUBMITTER: Quinn PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12398429 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature