Cancer patient satisfaction with health care professional communication: An international EORTC study.

With regard to doctors' interpersonal skills and availability, patients with breast, colorectal and esophageal cancer were less satisfied than patients with lung and head and neck cancer in the multivariate analyses. 0</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr></tbody></table> ht 1 I N i , number of patients included in the study; I N i invited, number of patients invited per country; Attrition rate, percentage of patients per country who declined to participate. Keywords: cancer; communication; cross-cultural; oncology; psycho-oncology; satisfaction with care EN cancer communication cross-cultural oncology psycho-oncology satisfaction with care 541 547 7 03/11/22 20220301 NES 220301 Key points Patient satisfaction with communication with professionals has been found to be an important endpoint in cancer treatment, especially in studies evaluating routine Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) monitoring. The greater SC among patients who receive treatment with palliative intention (chemo- and/or radiotherapy) suggests that more attention is given to communication with patients in non-curative treatment. [Extracted from the article]