Cancer Therapies

Patients With Advanced Disease Willing To Accept Riskier Chemotherapy

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 7th, 2001

People with advanced cancer are more willing than healthy people or doctors to consider a toxic chemotherapy regimen even if it offers only a minimal chance of slowing their cancer, according to a new study.

The findings, published in the journal Psycho-Oncology, suggest that cancer patients who have failed to respond to the most effective chemotherapy, known as first-line treatment, and healthy people share very different views of what they think is worthwhile treatment.

The researchers say the study illuminates an important consumer viewpoint that should be considered by decision-makers and policy-makers when planning health care services...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2001-08-07)

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