Prognostic awareness in advanced cancer patients and their caregivers: A longitudinal cohort study.
Martin LouckaKarolína VlčkováAnna TučkováKristýna PolákováAdam HouskaMartin MatějůZuzana DonátováPublished in: Psycho-oncology (2021)
Prognostic awareness appears to be a stable concept over the course of the illness. Clinicians must focus on the initial patients' understanding of the disease and be able to communicate the prognostic information effectively from the early stages of patients' trajectory.