The objective of this study was to determine whether comorbidity, or pre‐existing conditions,
can account for some of the disparity in survival between African‐American and white …

BACKGROUND: Practice variation in breast cancer surgery has raised concerns about the
quality of treatment decisions. We sought to evaluate the quality of decisions about surgery …

Background Coaching and guidance are structured approaches that can be used within or
alongside patient decision aids (PtDAs) to facilitate the process of decision making. Coaching …

Background: Despite evidence that shared decision-making tools for treatment decisions
improve decision quality and patient engagement, they are not commonly employed in …

… In response, Belkora et al have developed and evaluated coaching strategies using
student interns who facilitate (1) previsit, self-administered DA use to increase knowledge …

Background: Variation in rates of breast reconstruction after mastectomy has raised concerns
about the quality of decisions about reconstruction. The authors sought to evaluate patient …

The uptake of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) has increased steadily over the
last twenty years in women of all age groups and breast cancer stages. Since contralateral …

Objective Does decision navigation (DN) increase prostate cancer patients' confidence and
certainty in treatment decisions, while reducing regret associated with the decisions made? …

PURPOSE: To measure the prevalence of communication barriers between breast cancer
patients and their physicians and to present the results of a study evaluating the impact of two …

OBJECTIVE: To compare the amount of shared decision making in breast cancer surgery
interactions when providers do and do not make a treatment recommendation. METHODS: We …