May 30, 2013 CONNECT WITH LIVESTRONG FacebookTwitterPinterestFlickrYouTube LIVESTRONG Cancer news and resources for health care professionals SIGN UP | FORWARD | ARCHIVE Patient-Centered Cancer Care Sponsored By Studies show need for better doctor-patient communication Doctor-patient communication that leads to medical decision-making needs improvement, according to four studies and a commentary published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Patient surveys found physicians did not always discuss risks and benefits of treatments or screenings, patient prognosis, or eligibility for transplants. Data showed some patients wanted information and control over their treatment decisions while others still preferred to have their physician make the decisions. Reuters (5/27) Share: LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Google+ Email Black patients are more likely to postpone prostate cancer treatment Medicare records of more than 23,000 prostate cancer patients revealed that black men waited seven days longer, on average, to start treatment following their diagnosis compared with white men. Black patients were less likely to be screened for prostate cancer and had a higher risk of being diagnosed with an advanced form of the disease than whites, researchers reported in the journal Cancer.
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