Context Patients with advanced cancer often worry about dying. Less is known about the
role of worry in decision making regarding future care. Objectives To explore relationships …

Research Objectives To identify life priorities important to advanced cancer patients; to
determine if ranking of “live as long as possible, no matter what” correlates with choice of …

PURPOSE Providers treating adults with advanced cancer increasingly seek to engage
patients and surrogates in advance care planning (ACP) and end-of-life (EOL) decision …

Aims Patients in the palliative care setting have a number of concerns not necessarily
connected to their medical problems, such as spiritual and relationship issues. When these …

Background Informed treatment decision‐making necessitates accurate prognostication,
including predictions about quality of life. Aims We examined whether oncologists, patients …

Context Little is known about the hopes patients with advanced (incurable) cancer have for
their treatment. Objectives The objective of this study was to describe the treatment hopes of …

BACKGROUND Patients' perception of their prognosis has an impact on their decisions
about medical care. However, the relations between prognostic understanding and quality of …

Background: Studies have shown gaps in prognostic understanding among patients with
cancer. However, few studies have explored patients' perceptions of their treatment goals …

Context Being diagnosed with cancer often forces patients and families to make difficult
medical decisions. How patients think they and others will feel in the future, termed affective …

Purpose Worry about cancer recurrence or progression is associated with negative effects of
cancer, such as worse physical functioning, but associations with positive changes post …