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Patient misperceptions about treatment choices for localized prostate cancer

Researchers at Eastern Virginia Medical School, USA, suggest that higher education, income and functional capacity of cancer patients are associated with poorer knowledge about their cancer, poorer understanding about treatment choices, and poorer judgement about survival with and without treatment among a group of 184 patients recently diagnosed with localized prostate cancer.

On the other hand, patients who were socioeconomically disadvantaged and those with physical ailments are better informed about the diagnosis, treatment options and prognosis of prostate cancer.

An interesting report has been publisheg in BJU International.