ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2013
Women's perceptions of their involvement in treatment decision making for early stage breast cancer.
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- From Burden to Empowerment. Patient-Reported Influencing Factors on Participation in Shared Decision Making in Oncology, a Meta-Study.Psycho-oncology · 2025Review
- Facilitators and barriers to decision-making for hospital treatment among patients diagnosed with breast cancer in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A qualitative urban-based study.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Empowering patients in decision-making in radiation oncology - can we do better?Molecular oncology · 2020Review
- What Is Important When Making Treatment Decisions in Metastatic Breast Cancer? A Qualitative Analysis of Decision-Making in Patients and Oncologists.The oncologist · 2019Article
- A Decision Aid for Women Considering Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy for Operable Invasive Breast Cancer: Development and Protocol of a Phase II Evaluation Study (ANZ1301 DOMINO).JMIR research protocols · 2016Article
- Evaluating a Decision Aid for Improving Decision Making in Patients with Early-stage Breast Cancer.The patient · 2016Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study aimed to describe the perceptions of women with early stage breast cancer regarding their involvement in treatment decision making (TDM).
methodsEligible women with early stage breast cancer were recruited immediately after their first consultation with a specialist. Semistructured personal interviews were held prior to treatment. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and analyzed.
resultsNineteen women with early stage breast cancer considering surgery (n = 6) or adjuvant therapy (n = 13) participated. Women described being involved in various stages of TDM and interacting with informal networks and specialists. Women's descriptions suggest that (1) the concept of involvement in TDM may have a broader meaning for patients than strictly their decisional role and (2) inclusion of significant others in TDM contributes to the patient's sense of involvement.
conclusionsConceptualization and measurement of patient involvement in TDM have often been framed within the context of the medical encounter and the patient's perceived or actual role in this process. Our findings raise questions about what involvement means to patients with early stage breast cancer and suggest that the focus on patient involvement in TDM within the medical encounter may be too narrow to capture the meaning of involvement from the patient's perspective.
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