Patient preferences for treatment modalities for localised prostate cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the patient preferences and utility scores for the different conventional and innovative treatment modalities for localised prostate cancer (PCa).

Subjects and methods

Patients treated for localised PCa and healthy volunteers were invited to fill out a treatment-outcome scenario questionnaire. Participants ranked six different treatments for localised PCa from most to least favourable, prior to information. In a next step, treatment procedures, toxicity, risk of biochemical recurrence and follow-up regimen were comprehensibly described for each of the six treatments (i.e. treatment-outcome scenarios), after which patients re-ranked the six treatments. Additionally, participants gave a visual analogue scale (VAS) and time trade-off (TTO) score for each sc

SUBMITTER: Teunissen FR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9931535 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature