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Decision Support Systems in Prostate Cancer Treatment: An Overview.

Yvonka van WijkI HalilajE van LimbergenS WalshL LutgensP LambinBen G L Vanneste
Published in: BioMed research international (2019)
Diagnosis mDSS is well represented in the literature as well as treatment mDSS considering external-beam radiotherapy; however, there is a lack of mDSS for other treatment modalities. The development of patient decision aids is a new field of research, and few successes have been made for PCa patients. These tools can improve personalized medicine but need to overcome a number of difficulties to be successful and require more research.
Keyphrases
  • prostate cancer
  • systematic review
  • early stage
  • end stage renal disease
  • radiation therapy
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • patient reported outcomes
  • rectal cancer
  • patient reported