Background:
Facts Boxes…
communicate the best available evidence about a specific topic in an easily understandable manner. The most important pros and cons are contrasted with each other in a table, thus allowing even people with no medical or statistical background to make competent decisions.
The idea…
of Facts Boxes was developed by Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin. They could demonstrate in several studies that the general public could be successfully informed about harms and benefits of medical treatments via facts boxes.
Sources:
Schwartz LM, Woloshin S, Welch HG. (2007). The drug facts box: providing consumers with simple tabular data on drug benefit and harm. Med Decis Making 27:655-62.
Schwartz LM, Woloshin S, & Welch HG. (2009). Using a drug facts box to communicate drug benefits and harms: two randomized trials. Ann Intern Med 150:516-27.
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Medical questions often have no black-and-white answers. For this reason, transparent information is crucial – as is the courage to make informed decisions for oneself.
We have prepared facts boxes with unbiased and easy-to-understand information about different subjects:
 Early detection of breast cancer by mammography screening
>> to the facts box
Early detection of prostate cancer by PSA screening and digital-rectal examination
>> to the facts box
 Breast cancer prevention for high risk women with Nolvadex (Tamoxifen)
>> to the facts box
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