Sara J. Knight, PhD

Research Interests

Knight’s research is directed to improving the measurement of patient preferences and comprehensive outcomes in prostate cancer care. She is particularly interested in ethnic minority and low socioeconomic status populations. She has developed and evaluated methods for the measurement of quality of life, patient involvement in and satisfaction with medical care, and patient treatment preferences. She has also been involved in the evaluation of new technologies (e.g., Internet, CD ROM) in treatment decision-making. She has served as the Co-Principal Investigator of a project that will evaluate the clinical use of a decision analytic model for localized prostate cancer. She is the Principal Investigator on a NCI funded project funded to develop and evaluate an Internet-based physician education program on end-of-life care. Her recent work with Christopher Kane, MD at UCSF and SFVAMC focuses on an innovative approach to the assessment of patient preferences for treatment in localized prostate cancer care.

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