Next will come books on stomach and prostate cancer. Lai Gi-ming notes that these handbooks not only are reference works for doctors, they also give patients a standard by which to judge whether or not the treatment they are receiving is appropriate.
賴基銘指出，診療共識手冊除了提供醫師各種癌症的診療標準外，也讓病人在評估自己所受的醫療處置是否合理時，有本可循。