Questions to Ask Your Oncologist About Chemotherapy Treatment If you’re considering chemotherapy, here are 12 very important questions to ask your oncologist BEFORE you schedule any chemo treatments. The purpose of this list is to empower you to take charge of your cancer. No one is more intere...
被诊断患上癌症可能让您难以承受,但您不必独自经历这一艰难历程。您的肿瘤内科医生会全程陪伴着您。作为一名病人,您可以通过积极地提问和参与治疗,来为自己发声。 如果您刚刚被诊断出患有癌症,您可能会问:“下一步怎么办”?首先,第一步是把关于疾病所有想问的问题写下,下次...
Once you hear the word “cancer,” it’s completely understandable to feel overwhelmed. “Your brain only hears every other word,” said Dr. Katy Beckermann, a medical oncologist atVanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. And then come the questions:What stage is my cancer? How will this be treated?
This chapter is dedicated to identifying questions about the patient, the disease, the treatment, and the logistics of surgery that the orthopedic surgeon can ask the medical oncologist to reduce mistakes and miscommunications. This chapter is a framework for efficient, effective communication between ...
” (yes, it does), or “will I suffer from fatigue?” (likely so), and “does it contribute to lymphedema?” (it does), there are important questions you need to ask your radiation oncologist before you accept treatment. 10 Questions to Ask Your Oncologist Before Accepting Radiation ...
(a) regarding patient understanding, do oncologists ask about patients' preexisting knowledge, information preferences, and understanding and do patients and companions ask about the disease and treatment, and (b) regarding patient priorities, do oncologists ask about patients' treatment- and decision...
We know that there are a variety of ways to be able to treat the so-called castrate-resistant prostate cancer, this is where you really need an expert oncologist because it might be a PARP inhibitor, it might be immunotherapy, chemotherapy, an isotope, or a combination. All of these need...
Unlike in dyadic settings with only the patient and the oncologist, the MTC is usually attended by the healthcare providers who are subsequently involved in the specific therapy (e.g., radiation therapy, chemotherapy). Thereby, patients have the opportunity to address their possible concerns about...
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It is time to move to another series and the editorial board has decided to ask for reviews on the team experience of multidisciplinary questions in thoracic oncology. Key authors have been asked to develop their point of view with collaborators from other disciplines on a topic which requires ...