Understanding Personalized Optimal Care Options for Early Breast Cancer
In support of Clinical Care Options, medical education program, Individualizing Neo/Adjuvant Treatment in Early Breast Cancer Care: Education, Tools, and Resources for Patients and Providers, members of the Smart Patients early breast cancer communities were asked via an online patient survey about their preferences and goals when selecting early breast cancer treatments.
Understanding Personalized Optimal Care Options for Early Breast Cancer
Dr. Yara Abdou, who specializes in treating early-stage and metastatic breast cancer at UNC School of Medicine, shares her thoughts about a patient preference survey recently conducted with Smart Patients wherein we asked breast cancer patients about their choices and goals in the treatment of early breast cancer.
What do early breast cancer patients need to know about new EBC treatment?
Novel therapies for early breast cancer
Emerging clinical trial data has significant clinical implications for neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment of early breast cancer (EBC) and raises important questions for patients to ask their care team.
Genetic testing may lead to optimal care
Recent clinical trial evidence has led to the approval of 3 different drugs for early-stage breast cancer. Two of these therapies require genetic or molecular testing.
Patient Views on Genetic Testing
Because genomic testing plays a crucial role in treatment options for HR+/HER2- breast cancer, care teams should take more time explaining genetic testing with patients.
Patient Perspectives
Factoring the patient perspective into cancer care decisions leads to smarter decision making.
Download Resources
Download the resources below to learn more about what matters to patients in making treatment decisions, and to access tools you can use with your patients to support shared decision making.
HCP and Patient Resource for Treatment Decision
You may find this guide useful in educating care teams and clinicians on your patient preferences in
treatment decision-making (adapted from Rocques publication).
Patient Preference Survey Tool
Download the Early Breast Cancer Survey taken by Smart Patients.
Understanding Patient Perspectives
Download our infographic on patient perspectives on early breast cancer treatments.