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European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) position paper on supportive and palliative care.
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European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) position paper on supportive and palliative care.

  • Jordan K Department of Medicine V, Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Aapro M Cancer Center, Clinique de Genolier, Genolier, Switzerland.
  • Kaasa S Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
  • Ripamonti CI Supportive Care in Cancer Unit, Department of Onco-Haematology Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy.
  • Scotté F Medical Oncology and Supportive Care Department, Foch Hospital, Suresnes, France.
  • Strasser F Oncological Palliative Medicine, Clinic for Medical Oncology and Hematology, Departement Internal Medicine, Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
  • Young A Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
  • Bruera E Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA.
  • Herrstedt J Department of Oncology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark.
  • Keefe D Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
  • Laird B Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Walsh D Academic Department of Palliative Medicine, Our Lady's Hospice and Care Services, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Douillard JY ESMO, Lugano, Switzerland.
  • Cervantes A CIBERONC, Department of Medical Oncology, Institute of Health Research INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
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  • 2017-12-19
Published in:
  • Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology. - 2018
ESMO
multidisciplinarity
palliative care
patient-centred care
position paper
supportive care
Humans
Neoplasms
Palliative Care
Patient-Centered Care
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Quality of Life
Terminal Care
English Oncology has come a long way in addressing patients' quality of life, together with developing surgical, radio-oncological and medical anticancer therapies. However, the multiple and varying needs of patients are still not being met adequately as part of routine cancer care. Supportive and palliative care interventions should be integrated, dynamic, personalised and based on best evidence. They should start at the time of diagnosis and continue through to end-of-life or survivorship. ESMO is committed to excellence in all aspects of oncological care during the continuum of the cancer experience. Following the 2003 ESMO stand on supportive and palliative care (Cherny N, Catane R, Kosmidis P. ESMO takes a stand on supportive and palliative care. Ann Oncol 2003; 14(9): 1335-1337), this position paper highlights the evolving and growing gap between the needs of cancer patients and the actual provision of care. The concept of patient-centred cancer care is presented along with key requisites and areas for further work.
Language
  • English
Open access status
bronze
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https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/291184
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