Patients' Expectations about Effects of Chemotherapy for Advanced Cancer
Patients' Expectations about Effects of Chemotherapy for Advanced Cancer
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Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society
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English
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Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society
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In a survey of patients with advanced cancer, 69% of those with lung cancer and 81% of those with colorectal cancer had an inaccurate belief that chemotherapy was likely to cure them. Better methods of speaking realistically with patients about prognosis seem to be needed.
Chemotherapy remains the primary treatment approach for patients with met...
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Patients' Expectations about Effects of Chemotherapy for Advanced Cancer
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3613151
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3613151
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0028-4793
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1533-4406
DOI
10.1056/NEJMoa1204410
