Research Progress in Decision-making Aids for Breast Cancer Patients

Overview

Journal Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2021 Mar 8

PMID 33678655

Authors

Juan Li

Bo Yuan

Yishu Wang

Jie Zhang

Silan Yang

Yuchen Wu

Jingping Zhang

Yao Xiao

Affiliations

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Abstract

Decision-making aid for cancer patients is of great significance in the diagnosis and treatment for diseases. Breast cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in women all over the world, and breast cancer patients have become the main target population for decision-aided research. Application of decision-making assistance for patients in Western countries has developed to a certain extent, while relevant research in China is still at the early stage. There are kinds of intervention forms for patients' decision aids, including traditional brochures and videos, decision aids systems, decision coaching, multidisciplinary breast cancer teams, etc. The tools for decision-making quality evaluation include the patients' awareness for decision-making, participation, decision-making conflict, decision-making satisfaction, decision-making regret, which can provide important guidance for the application of decision-making aid treatment in breast cancer patients in the future.

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