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Patient perceptions regarding the likelihood of cure after surgical resection of lung and colorectal cancer.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Perioperative Expectations of Patients Undergoing Gastrointestinal Surgery for Cancer: A Systematic Review.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Postoperative Symptom Burden in Patients Undergoing Lung Cancer Surgery.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2022Pooled it
- Regret in Surgical Decision Making: A Systematic Review of Patient and Physician Perspectives.World journal of surgery · 2017Pooled it
- Experiences and Decisional Outcomes After Cytoreductive Surgery for Peritoneal Surface Malignancy: The DECISIVE Study.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Article
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- User Experience and Extended Technology Acceptance Model in Commercial Health Care App Usage Among Patients With Cancer: Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Miscommunication in Cancer Care-Do You Hear What I Hear?JAMA oncology · 2023Article
- Accuracy of curability expectations in patients with gastrointestinal cancers.Cancer medicine · 2023Article
- Surgeon Strategies to Patient-Centered Decision-making in Cancer Care: Validation and Applications of a Conceptual Model.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2022Article
- Characteristics and Procedures Among Adults Discharged to Hospice After Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery in California.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Anticancer Treatment Goals and Prognostic Misperceptions among Advanced Cancer Outpatients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The patient's perspective: a qualitative study of individual experience with decision-making, treatment, and recovery for resectable pancreatic cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- Assessment of Cancer Center Variation in Textbook Oncologic Outcomes Following Colectomy for Adenocarcinoma.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2021Article
- Is Patient Satisfaction Dictated by Quality of Care Among Patients Undergoing Complex Surgical Procedures for a Malignant Indication?Annals of surgical oncology · 2020Article
- Characterizing Perceptions Around the Patient-Oncologist Relationship: a Qualitative Focus Group Analysis.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2020Article
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- Physician engagement: a concept analysis.Journal of healthcare leadership · 2019Article
- Expectations of outcomes in patients with colorectal cancer.BJS open · 2018Review
- Decision-Making for the Management of Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas: How Satisfied Are Patients with Surgery?Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2018Article
- Defining the Chance of Statistical Cure Among Patients with Extrahepatic Biliary Tract Cancer.World journal of surgery · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe objective of the current study was to characterize the prevalence of the expectation that surgical resection of lung or colorectal cancer might be curative. The authors sought to assess patient-level, tumor-level, and communication-level factors associated with the perception of cure.
methodsBetween 2003 and 2005, a total of 3954 patients who underwent cancer-directed surgery for lung (30.3%) or colorectal (69.7%) cancer were identified from a population-based and health system-based survey of participants from multiple US regions.
resultsApproximately 80.0% of patients with lung cancer and 89.7% of those with colorectal cancer responded that surgery would cure their cancer. Even 57.4% and 79.8% of patients with stage IV lung and colorectal cancer, respectively, believed surgery was likely to be curative. On multivariable analyses, the odds ratio (OR) of the perception of curative intent was found to be higher among patients with colorectal versus lung cancer (OR, 2.27). Patients who were female, with an advanced tumor stage, unmarried, and having a higher number of comorbidities were less likely to believe that surgery would cure their cancer; educational level, physical function, and insurance status were not found to be associated with perception of cure. Patients who reported optimal physician communication scores (reference score, 0-80; score of 80-100 [OR, 1.40] and score of 100 [OR, 1.89]) and a shared role in decision-making with their physician (OR, 1.16) or family (OR, 1.17) had a higher odds of perceiving surgery would be curative, whereas patients who reported physician-controlled (OR, 0.56) or family-controlled (OR, 0.72) decision-making were less likely to believe surgery would provide a cure.
conclusionsGreater focus on patient-physician engagement, communication, and barriers to discussing goals of care with patients who are diagnosed with cancer is needed.
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