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My two pet peeves, for your consideration:
1. Whether we like it or not, treating bc is a business (a big one in terms of $$) and patients should be treated like human beings, not processed like sausage. Doctors need to look beyond statistics to the patient, and by that I mean the WHOLE patient, not just the bc - after all, it isn't the cancer that walked in the room and asked for tx, it is the person who has cancer. Keep the focus on patients as individuals with feelings.
2. QOL is too often sacrificed, and needlessly, in bc tx. Keep in mind that survivors want to do more than just survive - we want to LIVE, and that means being able to maintain good QOL at all phases of tx to the fullest extent possible. Information, clear, concise and COMPLETE about all likely side effects of all tx should be communicated so the patient is not shocked when they happen, and also the means to cope with them.
Thanks for doing this, and best of luck to you with your speech. Will anyone be recording it?
Hopeful
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