Saar Porrath, M.D

CANCER PATIENT ADVOCACY

Curing cancer is not a cut-and-dried matter of diagnosis and prognosis based on medical facts, risk/benefit ratios of various treatments, the patient's stage of cancer, and the clinician's analytical and skill level. Two other critical factors must be entered into the equation that can determine success or failure. They are the patient's ability to know his priorities and values in life and the patient's capacity to proactively become involved in his own diagnosis and treatment. Though we can rarely be sure of a cure, with a significant level of patient involvement we can predict better treatment results and higher quality of life, regardless of the ultimate outcome. Saar Porrath, M.D.