Improving Care for Patients Living with Prolonged Incurable Cancer

The number of patients that can no longer be cured but may expect to live with their cancer diagnosis for a substantial period is increasing. These patients with 'prolonged incurable cancer' are often overlooked in research and clinical practice. Patients encounter problems that are tradit...

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Published inCancers Vol. 13; no. 11; p. 2555
Main Authors Stegmann, Mariken E, Geerse, Olaf P, van Zuylen, Lia, Nekhlyudov, Larissa, Brandenbarg, Daan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 23.05.2021
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Subjects
Cancer
Cancer therapies
care coordination
Chronic illnesses
Disease prevention
Immunotherapy
Metastasis
Palliative care
Patients
Primary care
Prostate cancer
Quality of life
Surveillance
Survival
survivorship
survivorship
primary care
care coordination
palliative care
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Summary:The number of patients that can no longer be cured but may expect to live with their cancer diagnosis for a substantial period is increasing. These patients with 'prolonged incurable cancer' are often overlooked in research and clinical practice. Patients encounter problems that are traditionally seen from a palliative or survivorship perspective but this may be insufficient to cover the wide range of physical and psychosocial problems that patients with prolonged incurable cancer may encounter. Elements from both fields should, therefore, be delivered concordantly to further optimize care pathways for these patients. Furthermore, to ensure future high-quality care for this important patient population, enhanced clinical awareness, as well as further research, are urgently needed.
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Shared first authorship; both authors contributed equally to this manuscript.
ISSN:2072-6694
2072-6694
DOI:10.3390/cancers13112555