Journal article
Management of Cancer and Health After the Clinic Visit: A Call to Action for Self-Management in Cancer Care
Doris Howell, Deborah K Mayer, Richard Fielding, Manuela Eicher, Irma M Verdonck-de Leeuw, Christoffer Johansen, Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis, Claire Foster, Raymond Chan, Catherine M Alfano, Shawna Hudson, Michael Jefford, Wendy WT Lam, Victoria Loerzel, Gabriella Pravettoni, Elke Rammant, Lidia Schapira, Kevin D Stein, Bogda Koczwara
JNCI-JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC | Published : 2021
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djaa083
Abstract
Individuals with cancer and their families assume responsibility for management of cancer as an acute and chronic disease. Yet, cancer lags other chronic diseases in its provision of proactive self-management support in routine, everyday care leaving this population vulnerable to worse health status, long-term disability, and poorer survival. Enabling cancer patients to manage the medical and emotional consequences and lifestyle and work changes due to cancer and treatment is essential to optimizing health and recovery across the continuum of cancer. In this paper, the Global Partners on Self-Management in Cancer puts forth six priority areas for action: Action 1: Prepare patients and surviv..
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Funding Acknowledgements
B. Koczwara is supported by National Breast Cancer Foundation. R. Fielding is supported by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Institute of Cancer Care. The other authors have no potential conflicts of interest to declare.