Factors influencing older women's decision-making related to treatment of operable breast cancer: A qualitative systematic review.

Objective: There is variation in practice in the treatment of older women with breast cancer. International guidelines highlight the importance of patient autonomy in treatment decision-making. The aim of this study is to identify factors which influence decision-making in older women with operable breast cancer, which will enable us to further understand how to support these patients.

Policy Implications for Protecting Health from the Hazards of Fire Smoke. A Panel Discussion Report from the Workshop .

Globally, and nationally in Australia, bushfires are expected to increase in frequency and intensity due to climate change. To date, protection of human health from fire smoke has largely relied on individual-level actions. Recent bushfires experienced during the Australian summer of 2019-2020 occurred over a prolonged period and encompassed far larger geographical areas than previously experienced, resulting in extreme levels of smoke for extended periods of time.

The potential value of comprehensive geriatric assessment in evaluating older women with primary operable breast cancer undergoing surgery or non-operative treatment--a pilot study.

Objectives: Breast cancer in older women raises a number of discrete issues, including how healthcare professionals can best decide which patients are candidates for surgery. A pilot study involving women aged ≥70years newly diagnosed with early operable primary breast cancer was conducted aiming to explore the potential value of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA).

Materials And Methods: Decision of primary treatment followed consultation with the clinical team and was not guided by any aspect of this study.

Exploring patients' experience of receiving information about cancer: a comparison of interview and questionnaire methods of data collection.

Patient information is widely regarded both as a resource and an entitlement: a means of 'empowering' patients to behave as 'consumers' of health care. Patient 'satisfaction' has come to be regarded as an important outcome of care. This article presents qualitative interview data regarding the experience of patient information provision and the results of a self-completed Information Satisfaction Questionnaire (ISQ) among patients and relatives affected by cancer.

Service user experiences of information delivery after a diagnosis of cancer: a qualitative study.

Goals Of Work: This paper presents findings from a qualitative study investigating service users' experiences of a patient information pathway after a diagnosis of cancer.

Materials And Methods: Patients (27) and relatives (20) were recruited from two identified Cancer Network sites representing a pathway that had been information mapped (Lung) and one which had not (Head and Neck). Respondents participated in up to three qualitative interviews in the year after diagnosis.