Search Results for: uncertainty

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019

Coping with Uncertainty When You Have Multiple Sclerosis

Publication date: Jul 17, 2019 Early on, there’s no way to predict how an individual’s disease will play out, and that uncertainty about the future is one of the most ... Read more

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019

A comparative study of uncertainty and coping strategies of patients with multiple sclerosis for members and nonmembers in peer groups.

Multiple Sclerosis Literature

Publication date: Jul 01, 2019 Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience a high level of uncertainty and face serious difficulty in coping effectively with their conditions. We compared the rate ... Read more

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019

Communicating uncertainty in cancer prognosis: A review of web-based prognostic tools.

Precision Medicine Literature

Publication date: May 01, 2019 Objective To review how web-based prognosis tools for cancer patients and clinicians describe aleatory (risk estimates) and epistemic (imprecision in risk estimates) uncertainties. Methods We ... Read more

March 16, 2019March 16, 2019

Balancing uncertainty with patient autonomy in precision medicine.

Precision Medicine Literature

Publication date: Mar 14, 2019 Pollard, S., Sun, S., and Regier, D.A. Balancing uncertainty with patient autonomy in precision medicine. 04233. 2019 Nat Rev Genet. Concepts Keywords Precision Medicine Precision ... Read more

November 24, 2018November 24, 2018

Managing uncertainty in Spitz Nevi melanoma

Melanoma Media

Publication date: Nov 23, 2018 Prof Vernon Sondak speaks with ecancer at the EADO 2018 congress in Barcelona about managing the uncertainty of Spitz Nevi melanoma. Prof Sondak explains that ... Read more

October 19, 2018October 19, 2018

Certainty within uncertainty: a qualitative study of the experience of metastatic melanoma patients undergoing pembrolizumab immunotherapy.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Sep 04, 2018 Little is known about the lived experiences of patients with metastatic melanoma undergoing checkpoint inhibitor treatment. We conducted a feasibility study of a supportive care ... Read more

May 2, 2018May 2, 2018

Distress, uncertainty, and positive experiences associated with receiving information on personal genomic risk of melanoma.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Apr 30, 2018 The aim of this research was to understand how genomics-based personal melanoma risk information impacts psychological and emotional health outcomes in the general population. In ... Read more

April 24, 2018April 24, 2018

Successfully Riding the Waves of Emotion: Coping with the Uncertainty of MS

Multiple Sclerosis Media

Publication date: Apr 17, 2018 Presented by: Dr. Donna Paproski, PhD, Registered Psychologist; Ms. Gabrielle Veto Just when you seem to have adjusted to the reality of MS, something else ... Read more

April 4, 2018April 4, 2018

The brim of uncertainty in adjuvant treatment of melanoma.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Apr 01, 2018

July 18, 2019July 18, 2019

Episode 98: Navigating Social Security Disability Benefits with Jamie Hall, Esq.

Multiple Sclerosis Media

Publication date: Jul 17, 2019 Applying for social security disability benefits can be difficult. It’s a stressful and challenging process with an outcome that seems fraught with uncertainty. My guest, ... Read more