Systemic Therapy Decision Making in Advanced Cancer: A Qualitative Analysis of Patient-Oncologist Encounters.
Garrett T WaspKristin E KnutzenGenevra F MurrayOlivia C Brody-BizarMatthew A LiuKathryn I PollakJames A TulskyYael SchenkerAmber E BarnatoPublished in: JCO oncology practice (2021)
In this study of outpatient encounters between patients with advanced cancer and their oncologists, when discussing systemic therapy, there exists a default to continue systemic therapy, and deficiencies in SDM contribute to this default.