Bringing the Patient Voice into Cancer Care Decisions
New advances in the treatment of advanced breast cancer continue to be FDA-approved at a rapid pace, making it challenging to keep up and factor newer treatments into patient care planning.
Working with patients to capture their preferences in in treatment plans can lead to improved care outcomes, as measured by reflecting what matters to patients.
Advances in treatment for advanced breast cancer
Watch the video below to hear Dr. Edith Perez, MD, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, share perspective on the latest advances in advanced breast cancer and the importance of factoring patient preferences into treatment decisions.
Tell us what you think.
When making a treatment decision for a patient, what are the most important factors to you when making treatment choices?
When making a treatment decision, what do you think are the most important factors for patients when making treatment choices?
What Matters to Patients in Making Treatment Decisions?
Download the resources below to learn more about what matters to patients in making treatment decisions, and to access tools you can use with your patients to support shared decision making.
What Are Smart Patients Saying?
You may find this infographic useful in educating care teams and clinicians on patient preferences in treatment decision making.
Patient Preference Survey Tool
You may find this survey tool useful in finding out more about your patients’ preferences in care decisions (adapted from Rocques publication).
Click the link below to download the questionnaire used in this study.