LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Evaluation of the psychosocial needs of cancer survivors.

Photo by nci from unsplash

207Background: Even after enduring successful treatment of their cancer, the late physical and psychosocial effects of treatment often continue to haunt as many as 50% of survivors. Furthermore, the needs… Click to show full abstract

207Background: Even after enduring successful treatment of their cancer, the late physical and psychosocial effects of treatment often continue to haunt as many as 50% of survivors. Furthermore, the needs of cancer survivors differ from those undergoing active treatment. However, there is a lack of comprehensive assessment for providers caring for survivors. Therefore, there is a need for one tool to assess the physical and psychosocial needs as well as evaluate their severity when initially establishing care in general survivorship clinic. In this study, we determine the most commonly identified of these needs as well as the degree to which they impact overall health of this population. Methods: A retrospective chart review of 220 patient records from the past six years in General Survivorship Clinic using Moffitt Cancer Center’s EHR was performed. All patients (ages 18-85 years) diagnosed with cancer without evidence of current disease and who had complete Clinical Needs Assessment Tool for Cancer Survi...

Keywords: evaluation psychosocial; needs cancer; treatment; cancer survivors; psychosocial needs; cancer

Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Oncology
Year Published: 2017

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.