How much patients help guide their own cancer treatment

Researchers want to understand how much say patients have in their own cancer treatment decisions when receiving radiation and chemotherapy together, sometimes with immunotherapy. This study will track how involved you feel in your care, compare what you think versus what your medical team thinks about your involvement, and see whether feeling more in control affects your side effects, how you feel day-to-day, and how long you survive.

Cancer treatment is stressful and complicated. This study exists because doctors and patients don't always agree on how involved the patient should be in treatment decisions, and no one yet knows whether having more say in your care makes the treatment easier to handle or leads to better outcomes.