Publications by authors named "Margaret Northover"
Background: When faced with treatment options, patients are asked to participate in decision-making. We sought to determine which treatment aspects matter most for individuals treated for muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), with an aim to improve understanding of patient preferences and what trade-offs patients are willing to accept. Our study consisted of a discrete choice experiment (DCE): a type of questionnaire used to elicit preferences in the absence of real-world choice.
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- Bladder cancer treatment can affect sexual health, but doctors often don't check on this for their patients as much as they should.
- A study reviewed past research, finding that most participants were middle-aged and that many studies focused only on certain types of bladder cancer.
- There's a growing need for better ways to measure sexual health in bladder cancer patients, so more research is needed to create effective questionnaires that can help improve their quality of life.