Analysis of patient-physician concordance in the understanding of chemotherapy treatment plans among patients with cancer.

Effective communication between patients and physicians is essential to ensuring treatment adherence and improved patient outcomes. This cross-sectional study measured agreement in treatment plan understanding between oncology patients and providers in Saudi Arabia and found that most patients (86.2%) had a suboptimal understanding of their chemotherapy treatment plan. Patients commonly did not understand the planned duration of their treatment or the important toxic effects of chemotherapy.