
<p>Qualitative Study of Factors Affecting Patient, Caregiver and Physician Preferences for Treatment of Myeloma and Indolent Lymphoma</p>
Author(s) -
Wei-Ying Jen,
Joanne Yoong,
Clementine Xin Liu,
Melinda Si Yun Tan,
Wee Joo Chng,
YenLin Chee
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s241340
Subject(s) - medicine , multiple myeloma , thematic analysis , affect (linguistics) , family medicine , qualitative research , lymphoma , social science , linguistics , philosophy , sociology
The number of treatment options for myeloma and indolent lymphoma are expanding at an exponential rate, with few direct head-to-head comparisons on which to base efficacy measures. We sought to understand how patients, their caregivers and physicians weigh treatment characteristics in order to come to a decision on which treatment option to pursue.