Unrealistic expectations and disclosure of incurability in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
Takaaki HasegawaToru OkuyamaTakehiro UmemuraYoshinobu MatsudaHiroyuki OtaniJunichi ShimizuYoshitsugu HorioNaohiro WatanabeTeppei YamaguchiSatoshi FukudaTakehiro UemuraKen MaenoYuji InagakiKaname NosakiKensuke FukumitsuTatsuo AkechiPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2024)
Oncologists' disclosure of incurability was not fully recognized by patients, and expectations of chemotherapy as a cure were associated with patients' perception of the disclosure of incurability.