Working Toward a Decision: The Development and First Impressions of a Decision Aid for Older Women with Early-stage Breast Cancer

The Information and decision support needs of older women (>75 yrs) facing treatment choices for breast cancer: A qualitative study

“…In line with previous studies [10,11] there was a general consensus regarding the information women required when considering different treatment options for breast cancer. Information of greatest importance was the impact of treatment on self-care and physical function.…”

“…The most important include the likelihood of cure and the risk of metastatic spread [7][8][9] regardless of patient age. Additionally older women request age-specific treatment and prognostic information [10,11].…”

The information and decision support needs of older women (>75 yrs) facing treatment choices for breast cancer: a qualitative study

“…In line with previous studies there was a general consensus regarding the information women required when considering different treatment options for breast cancer. Information of greatest importance was the impact of treatment on self‐care and physical function.…”

“…The most important include the likelihood of cure and the risk of metastatic spread regardless of patient age. Additionally older women request age‐specific treatment and prognostic information .…”

Information Needs of Older Women Faced with a Choice of Primary Endocrine Therapy or Surgery for Early-Stage Breast Cancer: A Literature Review

“…Information is a pre-requisite for informed decision making [34,51,54]. The type, amount, and level of information preferred differs across the treatment pathway and between individuals [16], and the amount of information collected does not always correlate with the desire to make decisions [4,17,49,55]or with the patient's preferred decision-making style [7,22,34,55]. The amount of information older patients require to make a treatment decision is variable [56].…”