A growing body of literature has described the so called “financial toxicity” of cancer, a common consequence of treatments, that sometimes leads patients to bankruptcy, and affects quality of life and clinical outcomes. “We don’t [more]
Patients are living with advanced cancer for ever more prolonged periods of time. But information and support services have been slow to catch up with clinical progress, and the needs of this rapidly growing group [more]
Many patients are still being let down by a failure to follow clinical guidelines. It’s all very well to blame know-it-all doctors, but if the guidelines are hard to access and tricky to use, and [more]
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If equal access to quality cancer care is to be more than an aspiration, we need to define minimum standards. ASCO and ESMO have now taken a lead with a consensus statement. Download full article
Many cancer patients, intentionally or by mistake, fail to take their medication as prescribed. Understanding why can help doctors encourage their patients to stick with the treatment. Download full article
Side-effects of chemotherapy are nasty and can be dangerous. But soon patients may be able to log symptoms and receive prompt advice or, if necessary, medical attention, using nothing but a mobile phone… and a [more]