Cancer treatment decision-making among young adults with lung and colorectal cancer: a comparison with adults in middle age.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our aim is to understand experiences with treatment decision-making among young adults with cancer.

Methods

We studied patients with lung cancer or colorectal cancer in the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance Consortium, a prospective cohort study. We identified 148 young adult patients aged 21-40 years who completed baseline interview questions about cancer treatment decision-making; each was propensity score matched to three middle adult patients aged 41-60 years, for a cohort of 592 patients. Patients were asked about decision-making preferences, family involvement in decision-making, and worries about treatment. An ordinal logistic regression model evaluated factors associated with more treatment worries.

Results

Young and middle-aged adults r

SUBMITTER: Mack JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4775442 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature