A randomized controlled trial of shared decision-making treatment planning process to enhance shared decision-making in patients with MBC.

Purpose: Opportunities exist for patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) to engage in shared decision-making (SDM). Presenting patient-reported data, including patient treatment preferences, to oncologists before or during a treatment plan decision may improve patient engagement in treatment decisions.

Methods: This randomized controlled trial evaluated the standard-of-care treatment planning process vs.

Health care utilization by long-term survivors of blood or marrow transplantation-A Bone Marrow Transplant Survivor Study report.

Background: Blood or marrow transplantation (BMT) survivors carry a high burden of morbidity, yet health care utilization by this vulnerable population remains understudied. Patterns and predictors of various domains of health care utilization in long-term BMT survivors were evaluated.

Methods: Study participants were drawn from the Bone Marrow Transplant Survivor Study (BMTSS).