Decisional Conflict is Associated with Treatment Modality and not Disease Knowledge in South African Men with Prostate Cancer: Baseline Results from a Longitudinal Prospective Observational Study.

Hayley Irusen Henriette Burger Pedro W FernandezAndre Van der MerweTonya EsterhuizenDanelo E du PlessisSoraya Seedat

Published in: Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center (2022)

Decisional conflict was higher in men undergoing RP. Men were more anxious in the RP group regarding the time treatment was received from diagnosis. No correlation was observed between DC and PCK. Pre-surgical management of DC should include shared decision making (SDM) which is cognisant of patients' values facilitated by a customised decision aid.

Keyphrases

prostate cancer
end stage renal disease
dendritic cells
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
radical prostatectomy
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
immune response
combination therapy
decision making