Patient and oncologist estimates of survival in advanced cancer patients

Objective: There is little information about the accuracy of patient perceptions of their life expectancy. Here, we compare patient perceptions of their outlook and their oncologist's estimates of life expectancy to actual survival. Methods: The Unmet Needs Study recruited patients with metasta...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Psycho-oncology (Chichester, England) England), 2011-02, Vol.20 (2), p.213-218
Hauptverfasser:	Kao, Steven C. H., Butow, Phyllis, Bray, Victoria, Clarke, Stephen J., Vardy, Janette
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Cancer end-of-life Female Forecasting Gastric cancer Gastrointestinal diseases Humans Kaplan-Meier Estimate Life Expectancy Male Medical Oncology Metastatic cancer Middle Aged Neoplasms - mortality Neoplasms - psychology Oncologists Oncology Patients Perceptions Physician-Patient Relations Physicians Prognosis prognostication Self Report Sons survival Survival analysis Survival Rate
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Zusammenfassung:	Objective: There is little information about the accuracy of patient perceptions of their life expectancy. Here, we compare patient perceptions of their outlook and their oncologist's estimates of life expectancy to actual survival. Methods: The Unmet Needs Study recruited patients with metastatic cancer. Oncologists were asked to estimate patient survival as: (1) weeks; (2) months; (3)
ISSN:	1057-9249 1099-1611
DOI:	10.1002/pon.1727