Breast cancer patients' most important quality of life themes for a radiotherapy decision aid.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

The BRASA patient decision aid (BRASA-PtDA) facilitates shared decision making for breast cancer patients (BCPs) facing a radiotherapy treatment decision. During evaluations, patients indicated the wish for quantitative information on side effects. Therefore, this study assessed BCPs opinion on which and how information on side effects should be incorporated in the BRASA-PtDA.

Methods

A workshop was organized with BCPs (n = 9), researchers (n = 5) and clinicians (n = 3). Subsequently, a survey was sent to BCPs (n = 744) investigating the generalisability of the workshop findings, and posing additional questions. The survey entailed multiple choice questions on quality of life themes, the use of a decision aid and risk communication.

Results

The work

SUBMITTER: Roumen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9218231 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature