Will I be diagnosed with cancer? Should I undergo a preventive bilateral mastectomy to reduce my breast cancer risk? Will my children face the same cancer risks I do? How will my family members react to this genetic information?
Today, we are living in a time of heightened and unexpected uncertainty across many areas of life.
In this context, managing uncertainty means doctors and patients need to build trust, show empathy and engage in honest, ongoing conversations that acknowledge what is known and unknown, as well as work together to create a plan of action.
We can’t eliminate uncertainty in healthcare, research or society. But we can learn to talk about it, manage it and ultimately accept it. This is the perspective we need, now more than ever.
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