Decision-Making Suffers When Cancer Patients Avoid Math
(WorldNews Health)

New research provides a strategy to help individuals diagnosed with an illness better understand treatment options. Many of the toughest decisions faced by cancer patients involve knowing how to use numbers - calculating risks, evaluating treatment protocols and understanding the odds of medication side effects. But for patients who aren´t good at math, decision science research can offer evidence-based advice on how to assess numeric information and ask the right questions to make informed choices. `The ability to understand numbers is associated with all kinds of positive health outcomes, including for cancer patients,` said Dr. Ellen Peters, professor of psychology at Ohio State...