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Transdisciplinary Holistic Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care
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Transdisciplinary Holistic Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care

A special issue of Current Oncology (ISSN 1718-7729). This special issue belongs to the section "Oncology Nursing".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 2570

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Janet Margaret De Groot

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1. Department of Psychiatry, Oncology, and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 2T9, Canada
2. Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Rehabilitation Services, Holy Cross Site, 2202 2nd Street SW, Calgary, AB T2S 3C3, Canada
Interests: psychosocial oncology; advanced cancer; palliative care
Dr. Silvia Gonella

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1. Direction of Health Professions, City of Health and Science University Hospital of Torino, Corso Bramante 88-90, 10126 Turin, Italy
2. Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, via Santena 5 bis, 10126 Turin, Italy
Interests: communication; nursing home; palliative care; dementia care; family carers
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Dear Colleagues,

For this Special Issue of Current Oncology, we are inviting papers from transdisciplinary clinical research teams who address the psychosocial and relational aspects of care for people with cancer at all stages, including advanced cancer, and their primary caregivers. Transdisciplinary has also been termed multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary, and this Special Issue considers how collaborative healthcare teams utilize the unique knowledge of each discipline to provide care. Topics may include consideration of the intersectional identities of individuals and their families, psychosocial interventions and perspectives, education for communication and psychosocial oncology care, as well as existential considerations and health humanities as applied to psychosocial oncology. Additionally, we are keen to ensure that patient populations represent the trajectory of psychosocial care for cancer at all stages, included during palliative care. This call is inclusive of all regions worldwide, with particular interest being placed on manuscripts from authors from low- and middle-income countries, multi-country studies and single sites. We maintain a pluralistic perspective on scholarship at Current Oncology and will consider various forms of research and reviews, including schematics and narratives, methodology papers, op-eds and commentaries. 

Dr. Janet Margaret De Groot
Dr. Silvia Gonella
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • multidisciplinary
  • cultural
  • precision psychosocial oncology
  • healthcare provider communication
  • healthcare provider-patient relationships
  • patients-primary caregiver relationships
  • palliative care
  • advanced cancer
  • intersectional identities

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Language of the Heart: Creating Digital Stories and Found Poetry to Understand Patients’ Experiences Living with Advanced Cancer
by Kathleen C. Sitter, Jessame Gamboa and Janet Margaret de Groot
Curr. Oncol. 2025, 32(2), 61; https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol32020061 - 23 Jan 2025
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In this article, we share our findings on patients’ experiences creating digital stories about living with advanced cancer, represented through found poetry. Over a period of 12 months, patients from the program “Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully” (CALM) completed digital stories about their [...] Read more.
In this article, we share our findings on patients’ experiences creating digital stories about living with advanced cancer, represented through found poetry. Over a period of 12 months, patients from the program “Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully” (CALM) completed digital stories about their experiences living with cancer. Digital stories are short, personalized videos that combine photographs, imagery, narration, and music to communicate a personal experience about a topic of inquiry. Patient interviews were conducted about the digital storytelling process. Found poetry guided the analysis technique. It is a form of arts-based research that involves using words and phrases found in interview transcripts to create poems that represent research themes. This article begins with a brief overview of the psychosocial intervention CALM, arts in healthcare, and found poetry, followed by the project background. The found poems represent themes of emotional impact, legacy making, and support and collaboration. Findings also indicate the inherently relational aspect of digital storytelling as participants emphasized the integral role of the digital storytelling facilitator. What follows is a discussion on digital storytelling, which considers the role of found poetry in representing patient voices in the research process. Full article
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‘Between Inner Strength and Fighting Prejudice’: Psycho-Social Processes Implemented by Women with Leukemia Along the Illness Trajectory: A Grounded Theory Study
by Giovanna Artioli, Chiara Taffurelli, Victoria Cervantes Camacho, Stefano Botti, Roberto Lupo, Luana Conte, Paola Ferri and Antonio Bonacaro
Curr. Oncol. 2024, 31(10), 6272-6288; https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol31100468 - 18 Oct 2024
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Background: Disease trajectories in leukemia are often unpredictable and recurrent, and patients’ experiences can impact their quality of life. Studies in the literature often do not explore gender-related illness experiences from an intersectional approach and throughout the illness trajectory. This comprehensive study aims [...] Read more.
Background: Disease trajectories in leukemia are often unpredictable and recurrent, and patients’ experiences can impact their quality of life. Studies in the literature often do not explore gender-related illness experiences from an intersectional approach and throughout the illness trajectory. This comprehensive study aims to explore the full spectrum of experiences lived by women with leukemia throughout the disease trajectory, from diagnosis to treatments and post-stem cell transplant follow-up. Method: A grounded theory approach was meticulously developed to analyze semi-structured interviews with 13 women with leukemia in the post-transplant follow-up phase at a hospital in Northern Italy. The data analysis was an iterative process, conducted concurrently using a constant comparative method. Data collection concluded when data saturation was reached. Results: The core category identified is women’s inner strength during the disease trajectory, which was identified for its recurrence and cross-cutting nature, according to the women. This core category interconnects with five main categories: 1. Facing the disease: Between resistance and surrender. 2. Living for today and moving forward. 3. Unexpected elements in relationships. 4. Changes that shape women. 5. Demystifying the body and embracing ‘diminished beauty’. Conclusions: An explanatory model of the disease trajectory of women with leukemia was defined as: ‘Women with leukemia, between inner strength and fighting prejudice’. An in-depth analysis of the disease experiences revealed aspects that are not easily understood through a purely biological perspective of gender differences, often overlooking the psycho-social and relational peculiarities of women. Full article
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