Patient Trade-off
The trade-off dilemma refers to the choice between the expected beneficial and harmful effects in terms of patient survival and quality of life for a particular treatment. The choice involves a trade-off so it is of central importance for the patient and the physician to have access to empirical information on established treatment benefits and side effects. Research on this issue has been done upon prostate cancer.
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