Patient perspectives and preferences for communication of medical imaging risks in a cancer care setting.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To identify opportunities for improving patient-centered communication about diagnostic imaging tests that involve the use of radiation in a cancer care setting.

Materials and methods

Institutional review board approval and informed consent were obtained for this HIPAA-compliant study. Patient knowledge, information sources, and communication preferences were assessed in six focus groups during 2012. The groups consisted of patients undergoing treatment for metastatic colorectal carcinoma, women treated within the past 6 months for early-stage breast carcinoma, men undergoing surveillance after testicular cancer treatment, parents of patients treated for stage I-III neuroblastoma, patients in a thoracic oncology survivorship program, and participants in a lung cancer

SUBMITTER: Thornton RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4976442 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature