This study examined the physical and mental consequences of an ostomy among 1–10-year rectal cancer survivors.
Methods: Patients with rectal cancer diagnosed from 2000 to 2009, as registered in the population-based Eindhoven Cancer Registry, received a questionnaire on quality of life (QOL; EORTC QLQ-C30), disease-specific health status (EORTC QLQ-CR38), depression and anxiety (HADS), illness perceptions (Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire), and health care utilization; 76% (n = 1019) responded.
Therapists working at the eight psycho-oncological centers in the Netherlands (N = 43) were presented a list of 15 problems often encountered during therapy with cancer patients. The therapists were asked to indicate the predominant psychological problems they had dealt with during their five most recently completed interventions. The authors received complete answers from 37 therapists (86%). Anxiety and depression were the two predominant problems most often encountered by therapists during therapy (31% and 29%, respectively).
The aim of this study was to provide insight into survivor-reported negative and positive consequences of cancer during adolescence 10 years after diagnosis and compare these with consequences reported 3 and 4 years after diagnosis.
Het Fonds Suzanne Duchesne, beheerd door de Koning Boudewijnstichting, en Kom op tegen Kanker lanceren samen een oproep voor vernieuwende projecten die de levenskwaliteit van (ex
Het doel van deze leidraad is om inzicht te bieden in het patiëntenperspectief op het thema ‘vruchtbaarheid en kanker’. Uit de resultaten blijkt dat ‘vruchtbaarheid en kanker’ weinig aandacht krijgt binnen de oncologische zorg. In deze leidraad zijn er verschillende ‘vergeet-me-niet’-aanbevelingen voor hulpverleners geformuleerd. De geformuleerde aanbevelingen komen voort uit de resultaten van een kwalitatief onderzoek.
Pocketboekje, voor (ex-)kankerpatiënten, omgeving of hulpverleners, over het leven na kanker. Informatie over reïntegratie, nevenwerkingen, seksuele beleving, het gevoelsleven, herval, voeding, fysieke activiteit en hervatten van huishoudelijke en professionele activiteiten.
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Stichting tegen Kanker, 2005
Due to the increased survival rate of cancer treatment several types of cancer have gradually evolved from an acute to a chronic illness. This progress has introduced a shift in focus from survival to improving quality of life in oncology care. The reverse of this evolution is that oncologists and other healthcare professionals in oncology are more often confronted with patient's reports of long-term physical, emotional and sexual side-effects.
