Communicating treatment risks and benefits to cancer patients: a systematic review of communication methods.
L F van de WaterJ J van KleefW P M DijksterhuisI HenselmansH G van den BoornN M Vaarzon MorelK F SchutJ G DaamsE M A SmetsHanneke Wilma Marlies van LaarhovenPublished in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2020)
Great heterogeneity in the results and methodology and in the compared communication formats precluded us from drawing any further conclusions. Practical implications for clinicians are to consider the effects that different types of framing might have on the patient and to not rely exclusively on words to describe risks, but rather include at least some form of numbers or visualization.