Describing the Spectrum of Patient Reported Outcomes after Radical Prostatectomy: Providing Information to Improve Patient Counseling and Shared Decision Making

Preoperative counseling incorporating the best-case, worst-case, and most-likely outcome scenarios aid patients ’ decision making. This information is not readily available for prostate cancer counseling because most patient reported outcomes are presented as averages, which minimize individual patient experiences. Using the Expanded Prostate Index Composite (EPIC), we present data to characterize the best and worst-case after prostatectomy.

Source: The Journal of Urology - October 23, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Christopher Martin, Benjamin Haaland, Alexander E. Tward, Christopher Dechet, Will Lowrance, Robert A. Stephenson, Heidi Hanson, Brock O ’Neil Source Type: research