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. 2014 May;10(3):206-8.
doi: 10.1200/JOP.2014.001434.

Shared decision making for treatment of cancer: challenges and opportunities

Steven J Katz  1 , Jeffrey Belkora  2 , Glyn Elwyn  2
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Shared decision making for treatment of cancer: challenges and opportunities

Steven J Katz et al. J Oncol Pract. 2014 May.

Abstract

Treatment recommendations are based on complicated clinical information that is revealed variably over time after initial diagnosis. Integrating this information into a treatment plan is challenging, as different specialists direct the various treatments.

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