Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) after treatment and interactive decision-making play a vital role in whether patients with prostate cancer experience regret after treatment, according to researchers from Hokkaido University in Japan. The investigators conducted a study to determine whether HRQOL after prostate cancer treatment, as well as the decision-making process for treatment choice, influenced patient regret about the direction of their oncology treatment. ...
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