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First received: February 6, 2023

Clinical Trial: PAtient-PHYsician Relationship Assessment

Study Status: Completed

Recruit Status: Completed

Condition: Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Study Type: Observational


Official Title: Evaluation of the Patient-physician Relationship During the Initial Consultation Prior to the Introduction of a New Systemic Treatment for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Information Needs, Prognos

Brief Summary: I) Introduction Patients with cancer face difficult choices that require balancing competing priorities such as survival, functional capacity and symptom relief. Most patients with advanced cancer (>80%) expect frank yet sensitive discussions with their physicians about prognosis and treatment choices in order to be involved in the decision-making process. Nevertheless, this kind of discussion is frequently lacking, and consequently, patients often have a biased view of their own prognosis such as an…

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