Professor Rasanen, what are the top two-three questions that patients ask you when they consider being treated by you? But also, what are the questions that patients should ask, but they don't ask you that often? Well, of course, the first question which a patient asks has at the time of discussion is that whether the tumor can be cured or not. That's like pretty obvious that the patient wants to know. Then, of course, they want to know how much time they are spending in the hospital and when they will recover completely after the surgery. what they should ask and basically if they don't do that themselves, then I will do it for them. Dr. Jari Rasanen, MD. And I will also discuss the option that we won't do any surgery, because the surgery will cause more harm to the patient than any benefit because the patient may have a lot of comorbidities and the risk of surgery is very high. So, it is also very important to be honest with the patient in that case. Dr. Jari Rasanen, MD. And also tell the surgeon's opinion whether it is meaningful to do surgery or not. Dr. Jari Rasanen, MD. And that's one of the things which needs to be discussed. The patient with cancer does not always ask this. But it is me who will take this issue up.
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