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Understanding the experience, treatment preferences and goals of people living with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in Australia

BMC Cancer
Background Listening to patient voices is critical, in terms of how people experience their condition as well as their treatment preferences. This research explored the patient journey, therapy attributes and goals among treatment experienced adults with
Simon Fifer, Jenni Godsell, Stephen Opat, Nada Hamad, Masa Lasica, Cecily Forsyth, Louisa Morand, Erica Smeaton, Sharon Winton, Andrea Puig, Marija McGeachie   +10 more
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Should Aggregate Patient Preference Data Be Used to Make Decisions on Behalf of Unrepresented Patients? [PDF]

, 2019
Patient preference predictors aim to solve the moral problem of making treatment decisions on behalf of incapacitated patients. This commentary on a case of an unrepresented patient at the end of life considers 3 related problems of such ...
Sharadin, Nathaniel
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Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman, Tadi Hondonga, Alison Berry, Caitlin Elgarten, Jason Freedman, Katelyn Oranges, Sara McDonough, Caroline Diorio, L. Lee Dupuis   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of patients’ preference on outcome in the EVerT cryotherapy versus salicylic acid for the treatment of plantar warts (verruca) trial [PDF]

, 2012
Background Randomised controlled trials are widely accepted as the gold standard method to evaluate medical interventions, but they are still open to bias. One such bias is the effect of patient’s preference on outcome measures.
Brierley, Gwen, Cockayne, Sarah, Concannon, Michael, Hashmi, Farina, Hewitt, Catherine, Hicks, Kate, Kangombe, Arthur R., McIntosh, Caroline, Thomas, Kim, Torgerson, David, Watt, Ian   +10 more
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Outcomes of Live Virus Vaccination in Patients With Vascular Anomalies Being Treated With Sirolimus

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Live vaccination in patients with vascular anomalies (VA) receiving sirolimus remains controversial due to immunosuppressive effects and theoretical risks. Procedure This single‐center retrospective study included patients with VA less than 4 years old at the start of sirolimus therapy who were incompletely vaccinated.
Svatava Merkle, Kiersten Ricci, Kelly Blache, Rebecca A. Marsh, Adrienne M. Hammill, Elissa Engel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient preferences for heart valve disease intervention

Health Expectations
Background This study aimed to determine how patients trade‐off the benefits and risks of two different types of procedures used to treat heart valve disease (HVD).
Simon Fifer, Brittany Keen, Polo Guilbert‐Wright, Kaoru Yamabe, Dale J. Murdoch   +4 more
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Patient Perception of Physician Attire Before and After Disclosure of the Risks of Microbial Contamination

International Journal of Medical Students, 2013
Background: The white coat is traditionally considered to be the appropriate attire for physicians but it may also be contaminated with microbes and act as a potential source of infection.
Enoch C. T. So, Faraday H. F. Fung, Joshua K. H. Yeung, Lilian H. Y. Chow, Julio S. H. Kwok, Ruby L. Y. Lam, Tommy C. Y. So, Faye S. M. Yu, Dana Vackova, Gilberto K. K. Leung   +9 more
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Balancing benefits and risks in lung cancer therapies: patient preferences for lung cancer treatment alternatives

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
BackgroundIn the treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) the combination of Immuno- Oncotherapy (IO) and chemotherapy (CT) has been found to be superior to IO or CT alone for patients’ survival.
Serena Oliveri, Lucilla Lanzoni, Jorien Veldwijk, Jorien Veldwijk, G. Ardine de Wit, Serena Petrocchi, Rosanne Janssens, Elise Schoefs, Meredith Y. Smith, Meredith Y. Smith, Ian Smith, Kristiaan Nackaerts, Marie Vandevelde, Evelyne Louis, Herbert Decaluwé, Paul De Leyn, Hanne Declerck, Francesco Petrella, Francesco Petrella, Monica Casiraghi, Monica Casiraghi, Giulia Galli, Marina Chiara Garassino, Charis Girvalaki, Isabelle Huys, Gabriella Pravettoni, Gabriella Pravettoni   +26 more
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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Treatment preferences among Japanese patients and physicians for epidermal growth factor receptor‐mutant non‐small cell lung cancer

Cancer Medicine
Introduction Evidence is limited on preferences of Japanese patients and physicians in treatment for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)‐mutant non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Akito Hata, Simon Fifer, Kazuo Hasegawa, Emiko Ando, Mami Kasahara‐Kiritani, Michiko Takahashi, Robyn Ordman, Lili Toh, Akira Inoue   +8 more
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