作者
Rebecca G Hagerty, Phyllis N Butow, Peter A Ellis, Elizabeth A Lobb, Susan Pendlebury, Natasha Leighl, David Goldstein, Sing Kai Lo, Martin HN Tattersall
发表日期
2004/5/1
期刊
Journal of clinical oncology
卷号
22
期号
9
页码范围
1721-1730
出版商
American Society of Clinical Oncology
简介
Purpose
To identify preferences for and predictors of prognostic information among patients with incurable metastatic cancer.
Patients and Methods
One hundred twenty-six metastatic cancer patients seeing 30 oncologists at 12 outpatient clinics in New South Wales, Australia, participated in the study. Patients were diagnosed with incurable metastatic disease within 6 weeks to 6 months of recruitment. Patients completed a survey eliciting their preferences for prognostic information, including type, quantity, mode, and timing of presentation; anxiety and depression levels; and information and involvement preferences.
Results
More than 95% of patients wanted information about side effects, symptoms, and treatment options. The majority wanted to know longest survival time with treatment (85%), 5-year survival rates (80%), and average survival (81%). Words and numbers …
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