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Effects of Combining Decision Aids on Breast Cancer Adjuvant Treatment Expectations

Posted on January 31, 2007 by
The main goals of this study, using breast cancer patients stages IA to IIIB, are to assess: 1) the degree to which an alternative method of visually presenting and summarizing the numerical data provided by “Adjuvant” influence realistic treatment expectations; 2) the degree to which numeracy affects treatment expectation and through what mechanisms and; 3) whether methods of presenting and summarizing the “Adjuvant” data differentially influence treatment expectations as a function of numeracy. Continue reading →
Posted in Decision Aid Effectiveness, Investigator-Initiated Grants, Investigator-Initiated Research, Risk Communication | Tagged adjuvant treatment, breast cancer, decision aids | Permalink