Understanding Prostate Cancer Terms | Joel Nowak | PCRI
Joel Nowak is the founder, CEO, and Executive Director of "Cancer ABCs," an organization devoted to providing plain-language resources to cancer patients, and more generally, to improving the lives of cancer patients. In this portion of our interview with Mr. Nowak, we discuss the efforts of prostate cancer advocates to disseminate the latest medical information in layman's terms so that the vast majority of patients—who do not have medical training—can advocate for themselves and have productive and efficient conversations with their doctors. Studies have shown that patients who educate themselves, ask questions, and coordinate their care as a more-or-less equal partner with their physician(s) have better outcomes, in general, than patients who simply accept the first recommendation offered by their physician.
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