Cancer Disease: Beyond the Border of Therapy
A special issue of Current Oncology (ISSN 1718-7729).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 355
Special Issue Editors
Interests: gastroenterology; GI cancer; chemoprevention; chemotherapy; palliative medicine
Interests: psycho-oncology; psychotherapy; palliative care; end of life care; ICT applied to medicine
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Despite the significant medical advances obtained in recent decades, to this day, many types of solid tumors still cannot be healed. As cancer advances, the needs of patients and their family increase and change. These physical and psychological needs inevitably become more and more demanding in terms of clinical management as cancer progresses towards the end of life. Palliative care is the area of clinical medicine dedicated to taking care of the patient with cancer, their family, and their caregivers from the earliest stages of diagnosis. Managing cancer symptoms means taking charge of the suffering, and this action requires adequate awareness, skills, and organization.
Although the topic of palliative care has been explored for a long time, some aspects persist as barriers against the full affirmation of this clinical and psychological field, and the correct and shared methodology of approaching the problems. One of the most delicate steps in the management of patients with advanced cancer is the identification of the limit beyond which it is necessary to suspend specific therapies for oncological disease and start a palliative path. On the other hand, the appropriate moment to activate palliative care even before the appearance of a life-threatening clinical condition is still debated. What are the criteria and the skills needed to identify these limits? This Special Issue of Current Oncology is dedicated to the development of this debate with the aim of achieving an alliance between the world of therapy for “cancer” and the world of “taking care” of persons affected by cancer, representing a step towards achieving tailored palliative care for these persons and their family.
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Prof. Dr. Guido Biasco
Dr. Silvia Varani
Dr. Rita Ostan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- solid tumors
- palliative medicine
- palliative care
- end of life care
- chemotherapy
- caregiver
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