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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001 93(9):672-673; doi:10.1093/jnci/93.9.672
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 9, 672-673, May 2, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press

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Shared Decision-Making Still Evolving in Cancer Screening

Steve Benowitz

A recent survey of primary care physicians showed that doctors often decide whether or not to order screening tests for cancer without talking it over with the patient, a finding that is somewhat unsettling but not entirely surprising.

In the survey, Andrew Dunn, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York, and his co-workers asked attending physicians and house staff practicing primary care at three New York hospitals about the likelihood of discussing two controversial screening tests—screening mammography and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing—with three hypothetical patients without symptoms. The mammogram was for a 45-year-old woman and a 55-year-old woman, respectively, while the PSA . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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