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- Oncology doctors faced challenges when talking to patients about personalized cancer treatment, which makes it hard to use these treatments effectively.
- They found that there are different ways to explain what precision oncology means, and both doctors and patients struggle with understanding it.
- The study highlighted that doctors need better ways to communicate and learn how to discuss precision oncology with patients so that everyone can benefit from these new treatments.
Article Abstract
To describe patient communication challenges encountered by oncology clinicians, which represent a fundamental barrier to implementing precision oncology. We conducted three focus groups including breast, melanoma and thoracic oncology clinicians regarding their precision oncology communication experiences. Transcripts were reviewed and coded using inductive thematic text analysis. We identified four themes: varied definitions of precision oncology exist, clinicians and patients face unique challenges to precision oncology implementation, patient communication challenges engendered or heightened by precision oncology implementation and clinician communication solutions and training needs. This study elucidated clinicians' perspectives on implementing precision oncology and related communication challenges. Understanding these challenges and developing strategies to help clinicians navigate these discussions are critical for ensuring that patients reap the full benefits of precision oncology.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8607478 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/pme-2021-0048 | DOI Listing |
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