Treatment Decisions in Localized Prostate Cancer: Patient, Partner and Physician

Abstract

"Treatment Decisions in Localized Prostate Cancer: Patient, Partner and Physician," is a project that aims to develop and refine an innovative new model of prostate cancer decision making, that will form the foundation of a research and clinical program to understand, support and improve decision making in prostate cancer. This project is using a cross-sectional survey to explore the role of the patient, partner and physician in treatment decisions and to examine the effect of preferences, perceived preferences, and actual preferences on treatment decisions, decision satisfaction and decision process. Many valuable steps have been taken in the first year of this grant, including the development of a pilot questionnaire, administration of the pilot questionnaire, development of the protocol for the study and development of patient, spouse and physician questionnaires. Enrollment for the study began in November, 2000.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA416151

Entities

People

  • Katrina Armstrong

Organizations

  • University of Pennsylvania

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Databases
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Information Science
  • Intestinal Diseases
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neoplasms
  • Physicians
  • Prostate
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Therapy
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Medical Imaging.
  • Prostate Cancer Biology.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.