Does capacity need in community-based organizations for enhancing translational research in Puerto Rico?
These findings point to important implications for promoting community-campus partnerships for advancing clinical and translational research.
Few patients with advanced cancer could articulate an accurate prognosis estimate, despite most having received chemotherapy and many physicians reported they would discuss prognosis early. Physicians' propensity to discuss prognosis earlier was associated with more accurate patient reports of prognosis. Enhancing the communication skills of providers with important roles in cancer care may help to improve cancer patients' understanding of their prognosis.