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 it down.
- Don’t get hung up on averages.
- Less may be more.
- Consider your risk over time.