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. 2016 Nov;21(11):1279-1282.
doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2016-0184. Epub 2016 Oct 14.

Addressing Patients' Priorities as a Strategy to Improve Value

Yu-Ning Wong  1 , Nancy Roach  2 , Neal J Meropol  3
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Addressing Patients' Priorities as a Strategy to Improve Value

Yu-Ning Wong et al. Oncologist. 2016 Nov.

Abstract

The individual patient perspective is critical to inform assessments of value that drive treatment decisions. There are many elements that patients and providers must weigh, and novel decision support tools are needed to help patients clarify their preferences and goals for treatment and, ultimately, assess the value of therapeutic options.

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