Racial disparities in the quality of communication between physicians and patients were further confirmed by a study comparing how physicians discuss clinical trials during clinical interactions with black patients versus white patients.
Only 4.8% of websites describing prostate cancer are written below a high school reading level. Their median reading level was 12th grade. Notably, the NIH recommends that patient-education materials be written at the fourth-through-sixth grade reading level.
Cancer patients who speak Spanish can learn more about how to communicate to their children about their diagnosis with this fact sheet.
Majority exhibit positive social adjustment over long term; risk factors ID’d for lasting issues.
I knew Sam’s joking was not a sign of joy or happiness but his way of coping, maybe the only way he knew how.
Adult cancer survivors have concerns about receiving cancer-related follow-up care from their primary-care physicians (PCPs).
Young women who have the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation feel differently about their options for relationships, treatment, childbearing, and careers. In this study, researchers evaluated the psychosocial consequences of carrying the BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations.
Support from oncology clinicians can encourage people with cancer to adopt an exercise regimen that can help relieve their symptoms and improve their function.
One year after men undergo surgical removal of prostate cancer, they have significant anxiety, which appears to be linked to poor sexual satisfaction and depression.
Knowing how much time people with pancreatic cancer spend in the hospital or in medical care can help clinicians make treatment recommendations.
