Conceptualizing prognostic awareness in advanced cancer

A systematic review

Bibliographic Data

ID15084875
AuthorsAllison J Applebaum (0000-0002-2140-5635, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), Elissa A Kolva (Fordham University), Julia R Kulikowski (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), Jordana D Jacobs (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), Antonio DeRosa (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), Wendy G Lichtenthal (0000-0003-3597-7826, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), Megan E Olden (Weill Cornell Medical College, USA), Bryn Rosenfeld (0000-0003-1399-2777, Fordham University), Barry Rosenfeld, William Breitbart (0000-0002-8698-739X, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
Year2014
Volume19
Issue9
Pages1103-1119
Publication date2014-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1359105313484782
PMID24157936
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited60

This systematic review synthesizes the complex literature on prognostic awareness in cancer. A total of 37 studies examining cancer patients’ understanding of their prognosis were included. Prognostic awareness definitions and assessment methods were inconsistent across studies. A surprisingly high percentage of patients (up to 75%) were unaware of their poor prognosis, and in several studies, even their cancer diagnosis (up to 96%), particularly in studies conducted outside of North America. This review highlights surprisingly low rates of prognostic awareness in patients with advanced cancer as well as discrepancies in prognostic awareness assessment, suggesting the need for empirically validated measures of prognostic awareness

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