Is accurate routine cancer prognostication psychologically harmful? 5-year outcomes of life expectancy prognostication in uveal melanoma survivors.
Stephen L BrownPeter FisherLaura Hope-StoneBertil DamatoHeinrich HeimannRumana HussainM Gemma CherryPublished in: Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice (2021)
Survivors desire prognostic information. At a population level, we do not believe that our findings show sufficiently strong links between prognostication outcome and psychological harm to deny patients the option of knowing their prognosis. Nonetheless, it is important that patients are informed of potential adverse psychological consequences of a poor prognosis.
Keyphrases
- poor prognosis
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- long non coding rna
- prognostic factors
- young adults
- squamous cell carcinoma
- type diabetes
- healthcare
- high resolution
- emergency department
- patient reported outcomes
- depressive symptoms
- climate change
- sleep quality
- clinical practice
- electronic health record