Relationship Between Cancer Patients' Predictions of Prognosis and Their Treatment Preferences
JAMAPublished 3 June 1998
Jane C. Weeks
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Patients with metastatic colon and lung cancer overestimate their survival probabilities and these estimates may influence their preferences about medical therapies, according to patient and physician estimates of the probability of 6-month survival.
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Patients with metastatic colon and lung cancer overestimate their survival probabilities and these estimates may influence their preferences about medical therapies.
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