Clinical issues in shared decision‐making applied to breast cancer

Abstract

Most of the patients expressed their satisfaction regarding the possibility to participate in treatment decision-making, knowing that offering treatment choice is very unusual in France. From this pilot study it appears that shared decision-making is feasible in clinical practice. Nevertheless, a quantitative study based on a large sample of patients is necessary to: (1) confirm this hypothesis, (2) ensure that patients are willing to participate in their treatment decision-making, and (3) measure the potential benefits related to this participation.