{"id":83469,"date":"2026-04-24T14:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/patient-advocate-pushes-for-shared-decision-making-in-breast-cancer-care\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:30:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:30:02","slug":"patient-advocate-pushes-for-shared-decision-making-in-breast-cancer-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/patient-advocate-pushes-for-shared-decision-making-in-breast-cancer-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient advocate pushes for shared decision-making in breast cancer care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"ArticleContent\">\n<div class=\"article__below-title\">\n<div class=\" article__posted-date\">\n<p>April 24, 2026<\/p>\n<p>1 min watch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mobile-trust-box\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-5 d-xl-none\">\n<div class=\"trust-box\">\n<div class=\"trust-box-logo d-none d-md-block\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/h5\/feature\/news\/publogos\/hot.svg?la=en&amp;h=24&amp;w=141&amp;hash=2F86D471C8514C0E334E329AA799E8B4\" class=\"logo-img\" height=\"24\" alt=\"hemonc today logo\" width=\"141\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 offset-md-1 offset-xl-0 col-xl-12\">\n<div class=\"email-alert-button-wrapper d-none\" data-component=\"EmailTopicAlert\" data-module=\"Subspecialty Email Topic Alerts Top\" data-manage-email-link=\"\/footer\/account-information\/my-account\/email-subscriptions-and-alerts#emailAlerts\">\n<hidden data-setting-item=\"d265901d-6d37-49c7-a8f6-c7bf19a02509\"\/><br \/>\n<hidden data-crm-source=\"Subspecialty Topic Alert\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"email-alert-button d-none\" data-topic-button=\"not-subscribed\">\n<p>\n<span data-module-track-action=\"Email Alerts TOP_Click_Healio News Article\" data-module-track-label=\"Email Alerts TOP_Healio News Article\"><br \/>\n<i class=\"fas fa-plus-circle\"\/><br \/>\nAdd topic to email alerts<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-alert-inner collapse ua4b2143fdf2943639b512c77057a21ab\">\n<div class=\"email-alert-dialogue\">\n<p>\nReceive an email when new articles are posted on <span data-content=\"topic-title\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none\" data-sign-up-type=\"unknown\">\nPlease provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on <span data-content=\"topic-title\"\/>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary\" data-loading-text=\"Loading &lt;i class=\" fa=\"\" fa-spinner=\"\" fa-spin=\"\">&#8221; data-action=subscribe&gt;<br \/>\nSubscribe<br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"d-none\" data-topic-modal=\"failed\"> <strong>We were unable to process your request. 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Presented at: Miami Breast Cancer Conference; March 5-8, 2025; Miami.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"disclosures\">\n<p>\n<strong> Disclosures: <\/strong><br \/>\nRugo reports consulting or advisory roles with BioNTech, Bristol Myers Squibb, Helsinn and Napo, and institutional research funding from Bicycle Therapeutics, BridgeBio, Genentech\/Roche, Mabwell, Merck, Pfizer, Phoenix Molecular Designs, Relay Therapeutics and Stemline Therapeutics.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"healio-ai-component-inline\" data-no-ads=\"true\" data-module-track-category=\"Healio AI\" data-module-track-action=\"Click\" data-module-track-label=\"Access Healio Ai from component - News_AI Component - In-Content (all devices)\">\n<div class=\"healio-ai-content\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m3.healio.com\/~\/media\/images\/healio-ai\/healio-ai_logo.svg\" alt=\"Healio AI\" class=\"healio-ai-logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ask a clinical question<\/strong> and tap into <strong>Healio AI&#8217;s knowledge<\/strong> base.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PubMed, enrolling\/recruiting trials, guidelines<\/li>\n<li>Clinical Guidance, Healio CME, FDA news<\/li>\n<li>Healio&#8217;s exclusive daily news coverage of clinical data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><button class=\"healio-ai-button\" onclick=\"window.location.href=\" https:=\"\">Learn more<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-alert-button-wrapper d-none\" data-component=\"EmailTopicAlert\" data-module=\"Subspecialty Email Topic Alerts Top\" data-manage-email-link=\"\/footer\/account-information\/my-account\/email-subscriptions-and-alerts#emailAlerts\">\n<hidden data-setting-item=\"d265901d-6d37-49c7-a8f6-c7bf19a02509\"\/><br \/>\n<hidden data-crm-source=\"Subspecialty Topic Alert\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"email-alert-button d-none\" data-topic-button=\"not-subscribed\">\n<p>\n<span data-module-track-action=\"Email Alerts TOP_Click_Healio News Article\" data-module-track-label=\"Email Alerts TOP_Healio News Article\"><br \/>\n<i class=\"fas fa-plus-circle\"\/><br \/>\nAdd topic to email alerts<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-alert-inner collapse ua4b2143fdf2943639b512c77057a21ab\">\n<div class=\"email-alert-dialogue\">\n<p>\nReceive an email when new articles are posted on <span data-content=\"topic-title\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none\" data-sign-up-type=\"unknown\">\nPlease provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on <span data-content=\"topic-title\"\/>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary\" data-loading-text=\"Loading &lt;i class=\" fa=\"\" fa-spinner=\"\" fa-spin=\"\">&#8221; data-action=subscribe&gt;<br \/>\nSubscribe<br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"d-none\" data-topic-modal=\"failed\"> <strong>We were unable to process your request. 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