The development and validation of a decision aid to facilitate patient choice of surgery versus radiotherapy for high-risk basal cell carcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is an increasingly common cancer. For high-risk BCCs, there are several treatment options, with similar efficacies. The current best practice in deciding upon a particular treatment is for a patient-centred approach. At present, there are few resources available for patients to assist their choice. This reduces patient autonomy and increases the burden on clinicians within clinic. Patient decision aids (PDAs) have been shown to increase patient autonomy and facilitate shared decision-making. Currently, there is no published PDA designed to facilitate the decision between surgical management or radiotherapy in high-risk BCCs. We developed a novel decision aid designed along the International Patient Decision Aid Standards to fill this clinical need, and evaluated

SUBMITTER: Banks J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9804260 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature