Health Services Research and Development Service, Office of Research and Development, Veterans Health Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue, Northwest, Washington, DC 20420, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, 401 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, 400 Parnassus Avenue, Suite A610, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA.
Urol Clin North Am. 2014 May;41(2):257-66. doi: 10.1016/j.ucl.2014.01.008. Epub 2014 Feb 28.
This article presents an overview of the challenges that men encounter in making decisions about prostate cancer screening, including complex affective and cognitive factors and controversies in the interpretation of the evidence on prostate cancer screening. Shared decision making involving patient decision aids are discussed as approaches that can be used to improve the quality of prostate cancer screening decisions, including a close alignment between a man's values, goals, and preferences and his choice about screening.
本文概述了男性在决定是否进行前列腺癌筛查时所面临的挑战,包括复杂的情感和认知因素,以及前列腺癌筛查证据解读方面的争议。本文还讨论了共同决策,包括使用患者决策辅助工具,这些方法可以用来提高前列腺癌筛查决策的质量,包括使男性的价值观、目标和偏好与其筛查选择密切一致。