Abstract Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS), an important part of clinical practice,
are comprised of a: knowledge base; program for integrating patient‐specific information …

Comparative effectiveness research (CER) seeks to assist consumers, clinicians,
purchasers, and policy makers to make informed decisions to improve health care at both …

Background The process leading to a regulatory outcome is guided by factors both related
and unrelated to the data package, defined in this analysis as 'formal and informal factors' …

Cancer management, including supportive care, is complex and requires availability and
synthesis of published and patient-specific data to make appropriate therapeutic decisions …

Objectives The main objectives of this article are 2-fold. First, we explore the application of
multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) methods in different areas of health care, particularly …

Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is increasingly used to support healthcare decision-
making. MCDA involves decision makers evaluating the alternatives under consideration …

Purpose The research on cancer treatment decision-making focuses on dyads; the full “triad”
of patients, oncologists, and caregivers remains largely unstudied. We investigated how all …

Background Women with early‐stage breast cancer face a multitude of decisions. The
quality of a decision can be measured by the extent to which the treatment reflects what is …

Objective Lung cancer is a major cause of cancer-related deaths and thus represents a
global health problem. According to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates …

Purpose To determine the effectiveness of patient decision aids when used with patients
who face cancer-related decisions. Patients and Methods Two reviewers independently …