Modernizing Instructions to Improve Treatment Participation of Subjects During Their First Radiotherapy

Summary

Daily patient participation is critical to the successful, life-saving delivery of radiotherapy. There is very little in the literature describing the best way to prepare patients to give optimal participation. This study aims to look at an already-prepared conversion of patient instruction materials and measure whether the improvement in clarity and specificity produces the desired changes in patient decision-making and emotional comfort.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients ≥ 18 years old planning their first external beam radiotherapy
* Written informed consent obtained from the subject and the subject agrees to comply with all the study-related procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Have received external beam radiotherapy in the past
* External beam radiotherapy is initiated as inpatient.
* External beam radiotherapy consists of less than 3 fractions.
* Planned radiotherapy that does not employ an external beam
* Planned participation in a clinical study that prohibits participation in a second, concurrent treatment trial
* Prisoners or subjects who are involuntarily incarcerated, or subjects who are compulsorily detained for treatment of either a psychiatric or physical illness.

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