Laura Cartwright|Levent Dumenci|Laura A. Siminoff|Robin K. Matsuyama
Cancer Patients’ Understanding of Prognostic Information
Virginia Commonwealth University|Virginia Commonwealth University|Virginia Commonwealth University|Virginia Commonwealth University
prognostic information necessary cancer patients fully informed likely course disease information needed practical planning treatment decisions study sought examine cancer patients understand prognosis information available setting urban safety net hospital six focus groups cancer patients n 39 digitally recorded transcribed verbatim analyzed using phases content analysis participants groups discussed prognosis almost exclusively terms mortality reported physicians nurses mostly provided prognostic information terms months years survival finding held across cancer types stages patients tend think prognosis information estimated limited survival find idea upsetting due view prognosis patients need explanation regarding prognosis information comes prognostic information tell order make use