As the mean age of the global population increases, breast cancer in older individuals will
be increasingly encountered in clinical practice. Management decisions should not be …

OBJECTIVE: To systematically review quantitative and qualitative studies exploring
physician–adult patient–adult companion (triadic) communication and/or decision-making …

Objective Uncertainty occurs throughout the diagnostic process and must be managed to
facilitate accurate, timely diagnoses and treatments. Better characterization of uncertainty …

Background: A diagnosis of cancer is a stressful, difficult, and life-altering event. Breaking
bad news is distressing to patients and families and is often uncomfortable for the nurse …

Background: No systematic meta-analysis is available on the prevalence of cancer patients'
accurate prognostic awareness and differences in accurate prognostic awareness by …

Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a very common disease in the elderly population
and its incidence in this particular population is expected to increase further, because of the …

Older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
experience intense inpatient health care at the end-of-life stage. Early advance care …

Abstract Purpose Family members (FMs) often provide support to patients, regularly attend
cancer consultations and are often involved in medical decision-making. Limited research …

Hearing loss is remarkably prevalent in the geriatric population: one‐quarter of adults aged
60–69 and 80% of adults aged 80 years and older have bilateral disabling loss. Only about …

Objective To evaluate what information and communication aspects older cancer patients
(≥ 65) consider important in preparing for chemotherapy treatment (CT), the extent to which …