Associations Between Knowledge of Others' Experiences and Patient Perceptions of Treatments for Localized Prostate Cancer.

This is the first population-based study to directly demonstrate the influence of patient knowledge about others' experiences on their perceptions of PCa therapies. Our data suggest that information about the benefits and risks of brachytherapy/EBRT vs RP may differ when provided by men with personal treatment experience as opposed to physicians. Table. Multivariable-adjusted analysis of associations between knowledge of someone who received and patient perceptions about brachytherapy, EBRT or RP. [Odds ratio (95% CI)].