Treatment Preferences in Patients With Early Glottic Cancer.
Yda van LoonMartine HendriksmaTon P M LangeveldMartin A de JongRob J Baatenburg de JongElisabeth V SjögrenPublished in: The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology (2017)
The majority of patients in our study prefer TLM to RT when given a choice. Reasons given indicate that optimizing future treatment options and practical considerations seemed more important to our patients than primary functional outcome. Further research is needed to study patient-related and physician-related factors to gain more insight into this complicated process of shared decision making.