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Conceptualizing prognostic awareness in advanced cancer: A systematic review
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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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Metadata
- Authors
- Applebaum, A. J., Kolva, E. A., Kulikowski, J. R., Jacobs, J. D., DeRosa, A., Lichtenthal, W. G., Olden, M. E., Rosenfeld, B., & Breitbart, W.
- Affiliations
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- Fordham University (US)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Health Psychology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2013-10-24
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1103-1119
- ISSN
- 1359-1053 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7277
- PMC
- PMC4665620
- OpenAlex
- W2100410564
- Cited by
- 145
- References
- 66
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 0.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Health Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Cancer Institute (NCI T32CA009461-28, R01CA128187, K07CA172216, P30CA008748, T32CA009461)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative and Oncologic Care
- Keywords
- prognostic awareness, advanced cancer, prognosis understanding, psychometric measures, end-of-life care
- MeSH terms
- Awareness, Humans, Neoplasms, Prognosis
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