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cancer, Cancer
CANCER, DISEASE, CANCER
Patients wish more and more to participate in medical decision-making. This wish has increased steadily over the past 30 years. In 22 of the studies published from 2000 to 2012 on decision-making in cancer treatment, 85% of patients expressed a need to participate in medical decisions during their treatment process (vs. 62.5% in studies published up to 2000) [Cancer patients often have unmet needs for information and communication about the disease, its course and prognosis, treatment alternatives, and side effects of therapy besides the above-mentioned strong desire to actively participate in treatment decisions [