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What do you know about your cancer? |
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How much would you like to know about the type cancer that you have? |
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Would you like me to write down the important points? |
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Who would you like to include in discussions about your care? |
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What is important to you in terms of the approach to treatment and your care?
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What are you hoping for and expecting? |
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Now that we have discussed your cancer, what is your understanding of your situation? |
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Who are your other doctors, so that we can communicate with them? |
On this question YOU are the expert!
I prefer a treatment, or approach to my care, that:
Is most likely to help my symptoms to be relieved quickly |
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Provides the best chance for a cure |
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Has the least risk of death |
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Has the lowest short-term risks and fewest side effects |
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Will be the least disruptive to my normal life, such as can be administered at home |
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That is least burdensome to my loved ones |
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Will have the least negative impact on my quality of life |
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Is most likely to be the best approach in the long term - is most likely to improve my survival |
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What do you know about your cancer? |
Your level of fatigue and how it affects your daily life |
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Your level of anxiety and how it affects your daily life |
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How much pain you are experiencing and how it affects your daily life |
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Your overall quality of life (very poor - to excellent) |
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If you need or require social or financial services |
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