Decision regret of cancer patients after radiotherapy: results from a cross-sectional observational study at a large tertiary cancer center in Germany.
Alexander RühleLeonie WielandAndreas HinzAnja Mehnert-TheuerkaufNils H NicolayClemens SeidelPublished in: Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology (2024)
The German version of the DRS could be used to assess decision regret in a diverse cohort of cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. Decision regret was prevalent in a considerable proportion of patients. Further studies are necessary to validate these findings and obtain causal factors associated with decision regret after radiotherapy.
Keyphrases
- early stage
- papillary thyroid
- decision making
- locally advanced
- patients undergoing
- end stage renal disease
- radiation therapy
- radiation induced
- squamous cell
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- lymph node metastasis
- rectal cancer
- patient reported outcomes
- psychometric properties
- case control