Context Despite increasing interest in the development and use of decision aids (DAs) for
patients with localized prostate cancer (LPC), little attention has been paid to communicative …

Patients who are diagnosed with localized prostate cancer need to make critical treatment
decisions that are sensitive to their values and preferences. The role of decision aids in …

Objective Men diagnosed with localised prostate cancer (LPC) often face a difficult process
deciding on a treatment choice that suits their personal preferences. This systematic review …

Abstract Treatment decision‐making can be difficult and complex for patients with low‐risk
prostate cancer. To the authors' knowledge, there is no consensus regarding an optimal …

Background Decision aids (DA) to assist patients in evaluating treatment options and
sharing in decision making have proliferated in recent years. Most require high literacy and …

The survival advantages associated with different treatments for localized prostate cancer
(PCa) continue to be uncertain. We evaluated patients' use of an interactive CD-ROM-based …

Background Men with localized prostate cancer often have unrealistic expectations.
Practitioners are poor judges of men's preferences, contributing to preference misdiagnosis …

Background Treatments for localized prostate cancer present challenging tradeoffs in the
face of uncertain treatment benefits. These options are best weighed in a process of shared …

Purpose: Despite established evidence for using patient decision aids, use with newly
diagnosed patients with prostate cancer remains limited partly due to variability in aid …

Background: Decision aids provide balanced information about the benefits and risks of
treatment options and improve the match between patient preferences and the treatment …