Treatment Decisions for Advanced Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Patient and Physician Perspectives on Maintenance Therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a severe disease with burdensome symptoms and traditionally poor outcomes. The treatment of advance disease is based on chemotherapy, with the recent addition of immunotherapy. Patients who respond to initial treatment can opt to receive maintenance therapy (MT). It is important to understand why patients with advanced NSCLC choose to accept or refuse therapy, and how physician recommendations play into this decision-making process. This study characterized patient and physician decision-making regarding treatment for patients with advanced non-squamous NSCLC in the USA using the example of MT.

Methods and materials

This study employed multiple approaches: patient interviews, a patient survey, and a physician survey

SUBMITTER: McMullen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6397138 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature