Introduction Anti-neoplastic therapy improves the prognosis for advanced cancer, albeit it is
not curative. An ethical dilemma that often arises during patients' first appointment with the …

PURPOSE: Informed decision making now is considered the underpinning of ethical
medical practice. We aimed to determine the extent to which patients with incurable cancer …

Background For some patients with advanced cancer not knowing prognosis is essential.
Yet, in an era of informed decision-making, the potential protective function of unawareness …

Context Accurate prognostic understanding is associated with increased advance care
planning, symptom control, and patient autonomy in oncology. The impact of prognostic …

Opinion Statement In the advanced cancer setting, patients, families, and clinicians are often
confronted with an uncertain future regarding treatment outcomes and survival. Greater …

PURPOSE: Prior studies show that many patients receiving palliative cancer therapies
misperceive likelihood of cure. Patients' understanding of treatment benefits and risks …

Context Evidence-based guidance for oncologists on how to communicate prognosis is
scarce. Objectives To investigate the effects of prognostic communication strategies …

Objectives Communication regarding prognosis to patients with advanced cancer is
fundamental for informed medical decision making. Our objective was to analyse (1) the …

Background Assessment of prognostic awareness (PA) in patients with advanced cancer is
challenging because patient responses often indicate their hopes. The objectives of this …

Goals of work Advanced cancer patients' perceptions of prognosis, which are often overly
optimistic compared to oncologist estimates, influence treatment preferences. The predictors …