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Does the risk of emergency department visits and hospitalizations during systemic therapy for cancer influence patient decisions regarding treatment?

Abstract

213 Background: When different treatments (tx) produce similar prognostic outcomes, other tx attributes such as toxicity may impact tx preferences. We conducted a discrete choice experiment to evaluate how patients’ value the risk of an emergency department visit (ED) or hospitalization during treatment when deciding about chemotherapy. Methods: Patients with breast, head and neck or colorectal cancer who were contemplating, …

Authors

Krzyzanowska MK; Phillips C; Deal K; Powis ML; Singh S; Dharmakulaseelan L; Naik H; Dobriyal A; Alavi N

Volume

36

Pagination

pp. 213-213

Publisher

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Publication Date

October 20, 2018

DOI

10.1200/jco.2018.36.30_suppl.213

Conference proceedings

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Issue

30_suppl

ISSN

0732-183X