Treatment decision making (TDM): a qualitative study exploring the perspectives of patients with chronic haematological cancers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Haematological malignancies are the fifth most common cancer in the UK, with chronic subtypes comprising around a third of all new diagnoses. These complex diseases have some similarities with other cancers, but often require different management. Surgical resection is not possible, and while some are curable with intensive chemotherapy, most indolent subtypes are managed with non-aggressive intermittent or continuous treatment, often over many years. Little is known about the views of patients with chronic haematological cancers regarding treatment decision making (TDM), a deficit our study aimed to address.

Setting and design

Set within the Haematological Malignancy Research Network (HMRN: www.hmrn.org), an ongoing population-based cohort that provides infrastru

SUBMITTER: McCaughan D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8966575 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature