Karen Wong
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About
Dr. Karen Wong is a leading researcher in patient-centered oncology, specializing in shared decision-making for men with localized prostate cancer. Her work addresses the critical, preference-sensitive choice between robotic prostatectomy and radiotherapy—treatments with comparable cure rates but vastly different side-effect profiles. Dr. Wong’s major contribution is illuminating the profound information and decisional support needs of these patients, demonstrating that a structured, combined clinic approach can significantly reduce decisional conflict and increase patient satisfaction. Her landmark qualitative study, "Robot or radiation?" (21 citations), provides deep insight into the psychological and informational hurdles men face, while her subsequent work on decisional outcomes (5 citations) offers a practical, evidence-based model for improving care. As the lead author of the foundational PREPaRE study protocol (4 citations), she has established a rigorous mixed-methods framework for this field. By moving beyond simple survival statistics to prioritize patient values and lived experience, Dr. Wong is transforming how urologists and radiation oncologists communicate with their patients, ensuring that treatment decisions are not only clinically sound but deeply personal.
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