anybody have any scientific theories about decision-making among women with breast cancer?

Question

I need some theories about the process of decision-making among women with breast cancer, especially concerning their decisions about the treatments they need. Thank you.

Answer 1

Lost my wife to breast cancer nearly 5 years ago. The best advise is to get as much knowledge about breast cancer as you can. Get a second opinion and communicate everything to your doctor. Believe me it helps. My wife fell into the 2.5% of breast cancer victum that could not take many of the current wonder drugs.(negative receptors) Most wife have (positive receptors) and can really fight the cancer. Without treatment it would be very difficult to beat cancer. Best of luck!!

Answer 2

This is not a theory. This is my life.
I treated my diagnosis like a declaration of war and I was determined to win and five years later, so far I have done just that.

I immediately read everything I could online and in print about my type of breast cancer and researched treatments based on tumor size, receptor status, etc.

When I walked into my oncologists office I was prepared with questions, answers, suggestions and I even managed to stump him once or twice throughout the course of my treatment. In all fairness I had more time to read the journals than he did. *wink*

Information is power!

Answer 3

some are and some are not. you'll be able to't make a blanket statement about all women persons of any race. attractiveness is punctiliously subjective and contained in the interest of the beholder. lots of the folk listed lower than are being very stereotypical, even those who're being complimentary. All black women persons do not have huge noses or thick lips or an same texture of hair or gleaming skin or large butts or perhaps darkish skin. the vast majority of black individuals are mixed race in spite of in the adventure that they don't look to you - that is the reason why maximum black individuals do not look like Africans. i do not comprehend what women persons those who've spoken on own hygiene are putting round yet possibly you want to stumble on a much better type of persons to go jointly with.

Answer 4

According to a research journal i just read, authors observed that approximately 47% of the patients took a passive decision-making role, 38% took an active role, and 15% took a shared role. The decision-making style could not be predicted by age, ethnic group, education, or marital status. Other studies have found a similarly wide variation in decision-making preference among breast cancer patients undergoing their first medical oncology visit5 or among palliative care patients attending their first consultation.6 The authors also report an apparent shift toward a more active decision-making role in the consultations regarding second-line chemotherapy. Other studies have also suggested that patients' decision-making styles are frequently unstable.7 Patients who choose a more passive role at the beginning of their treatment may be more willing to make their own decisions after they have experienced treatment failure and adverse effects. These same patients may later develop more heavy symptom burdens including fatigue, depression, and pain, and they may be more willing to adopt a more passive decision-making style. Probably, the wide variability, lack of predictive characteristics, and instability of the decision-making style explain why physicians correctly estimate the patient's preferred decision-making style after a visit in less than 50% of cases.5,6 What are the practical implications of these findings? In key clinical decision-making consultations, oncologists should ask whether the patients would prefer to make the treatment decisions on their own or after hearing the physician's opinion (active decision-making style), whether the patients would prefer to make the treatment decisions together with their physician (shared decision-making style), or whether the patients would prefer the physician to make the treatment decision after talking to them (passive decision-making style). This information will help physicians conduct the consultation in the way that is most likely to be perceived as satisfactory to their patients.

As the possibility of controlling the tumor decreases and hope becomes a major reason why patients opt for receiving further chemotherapy, oncologists may find collaboration with palliative care teams particularly effective. Patients and their families are familiar with the importance of having a plan B in case catastrophic events occurred in their lives (eg, car insurance, trust funds for the education of children, and so on), even though they hope these events will not happen. Therefore, it is quite possible for them to be able to effectively plan for the possibility of needing enhanced care as a result of tumor progression and increased symptom burden while, at the same time, continue to receive second- or third-line chemotherapy in the hope that tumor regression can be achieved. Therefore, palliative care can be seen as completely complementary to the patient's cancer care plan, rather than as an alternative to be considered after the failure of second-line chemotherapy.

Answer 5

Patients often refer to their decision-making as having a chemo brain. It can happen with other cancers but is generally associated with the chemo therapy. I have a friend who insists that eating blueberries improved her decision making process while she was recovering from chemo/radiation therapy

Answer 6

have it checked out , if by some chance u do have it then take care of it, now if u r with some one who can't handle it then u don't need to b with that person, they are only for them self... good luck with the problem, hope that every thig works out 4 u....

Answer 7

My father was a breast cancer specialist and wrote a book about this topic. it's called "OUR GIFT OF LOVE" or "GIFT OF LOVE" send me your correspondence and I'll send it to U; it's really good and helpful: KEEP SMILIN'

Answer 8

i suggest yu to go to libraray--and get book on human thought and problem solving--good luck

Answer 9

I HAVE BREAST CANCER AND I CHOOSE TO HAVE QUIMO AND RADIATION

Answer 10

what type of question is that.