Telling people that they have cancer has a great impact on their lives, so many doctors are concerned about how they should inform patients about a cancer diagnosis and its prognosis. We conducted a general population survey in Japan to investigate people’s preferences on receiving this information. There were no significant differences in respondents’ preferences according to the seriousness o...

No one likes to deliver bad news, including doctors, who often have to discuss a poor prognosis with patients and their families. The subject of prognosis disclosure has been well-studied in the oncology literature [1-3], but less so in rehabilitation. For many life-limiting diagnoses, cancer and dementia, for example, prognosis disclosure is confounded by the uncertainties of disease course an...

background :delay in diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis (aa) results in an increased rate of perforation, postoperative morbidity, mortality and hospital length of stay. several biochemical parameters including white blood cell (wbc) count, c-reactive protein (crp), interleukin-6 (il6) and procalcitonin (pct) have been used to further improve the clinical diagnosis of aa. the aim of ...

Whether to tell patients with cancer about their diagnoses and prognoses is a matter of great debate. While many argue the importance of giving this information to facilitate informed decision-making, others argue that this same information can extinguish hope. Although there is some evidence that disclosure of this information is now commonplace in many Northern and Western settings, there are...

Doctors in different countries have various approaches to bioethical problems. Oncologists face ethical dilemmas during their daily practice with newly diagnosed cancer patients, particularly with regards to the disclosure of information about their diagnosis and prognosis. Medical literature suggests that most patients want to be told the truth about a diagnosis of cancer. 1,2 In Saudi Arabia ...

materials and methods the expression of gp73 was investigated in 88 cancerous and self-control non-cancerous tissues using tissue microarrays with immunohisto- chemistry and was confirmed by western blotting. circulating gp73 levels were detected in the sera of 281 patients with liver diseases using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. results the levels of circulating gp73 expression in the hcc ...

BACKGROUND For people with dementia, care should include an explanation of the diagnosis to individuals and their carers, and information about the likely prognosis and possible packages of care. However, this is neither routine nor inevitable, and there is wide variation in the practice of disclosure. The aim of this study is to develop a tailored theory-based intervention to promote appropria...

Correspondence may be directed to [email protected]. Background With the rise in the prevalence of dementia and its critical impact on health care resources, there has been a global call for a more proactive approach to the care of persons with dementia (PWDs), with a special focus on the practices of primary care physicians (PCPs). This renewed interest has resulted in a prolifer...