Background Multiple treatment options are generally available for most diseases. Shared
decision-making (SDM) helps patients and physicians choose the treatment option that best …

Purpose Shared decision making (SDM) among the oncology population is highly important
due to complex screening and treatment decisions. SDM among patients with cancer …

Background Composite outcomes may more accurately reflect patient and provider
expectations around optimal care. We sought to determine the impact of achieving a so …

Background Surgery is considered the only potentially curative treatment option for patients
with hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the chance that patients will eventually be “cured” …

Background Traditional metrics may inadequately represent rates of attaining optimal
oncologic care. We evaluated a composite “textbook oncologic outcome”(TOO) to assess the …

Background Immunotherapy is the first-line treatment for melanoma and lung cancer and
brings new risks of immune-related adverse events. We aimed to describe patients' …

The concept of cure from cancer is important to patients, but can be difficult to communicate
in terms that are meaningful. This is because there are a number of definitions of cure that …

Background This study aimed to develop a tool based on preoperative factors to predict the
risk of perioperative complications based on the Comprehensive Complication Index (CCI) …

Conventional understanding and research regarding prognostic understanding too often
focuses on transmission of information. However, merely overcoming barriers to patient …

ObjectiveWe sought to characterize patients' preferences for the role of religious and
spiritual (R&S) beliefs and practices during cancer treatment and describe the R&S …