Communicating treatment risks and benefits to cancer patients: a systematic review of communication methods.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Cancer patients are increasingly involved in decision-making processes. Hence, clinicians need to inform patients about the risks and benefits of different treatment options in order for patients to make well informed decisions. The aim of this review is to determine the effects of methods of communicating prognostic information about (1) disease progression (survival, progression, recurrence and remission), (2) side effects and complications and (3) health-related quality of life (HRQL) on cognitive, affective and behavioral outcomes in cancer patients.

Methods

A literature search was performed to select articles that were published up to  November 2019 and that examined verbal and/or visual risk communication interventions in an oncological clinical setting.

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SUBMITTER: van de Water LF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7295838 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature