Patient perceptions regarding the likelihood of cure after surgical resection of lung and colorectal cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of the current study was to characterize the prevalence of the expectation that surgical resection of lung or colorectal cancer might be curative. The authors sought to assess patient-level, tumor-level, and communication-level factors associated with the perception of cure.

Methods

Between 2003 and 2005, a total of 3954 patients who underwent cancer-directed surgery for lung (30.3%) or colorectal (69.7%) cancer were identified from a population-based and health system-based survey of participants from multiple US regions.

Results

Approximately 80.0% of patients with lung cancer and 89.7% of those with colorectal cancer responded that surgery would cure their cancer. Even 57.4% and 79.8% of patients with stage IV lung and colorectal cancer, re

SUBMITTER: Kim Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4872514 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature