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Breast cancer online decision tool

By | Published April 24, 2012

New online decision tool from Stanford for women at risk of breast and ovarian cancer due to BRCA gene mutation.

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Health Literacy: plain language

By | Published September 22, 2011

In a recent post on the University of Michigan Health System News blog, researchers offer “10 ways to make better decisions about cancer care“: Insist on plain language. Focus on absolute risk. Visualize your risk. Consider risk as a frequency rather than as percentages. Focus on the additional risk. The order of information matters. Write [...]

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