Working together to
improve the quality of
supportive cancer care.
SOC News
This story about a young adult with cancer in the New York Times illustrates some
Supportive oncology and survivorship care: Initial impact of the Coleman Supportive Oncology Collaborative. Trosman JR, Weldon CB, Rosenberg CA, Gerhart J, Garcia SF, Dale W,
SupportiveOnc @SupportiveOnc Clearly more work to be done on communication! Assessing Goals of Care to Ensure End-of-Life Care Follows Patients’… https://t.co/wA9RUWn9lf
Improving Supportive Oncology Care
The Coleman Foundation convened the Supportive Oncology Collaborative to explore supportive oncology, an aspect of care which has been overlooked by conventional cancer treatment. Supportive Oncology care aims to help cancer patients:
- Clarify diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plans
- Address concerns that affect day-to-day life
- Complete treatment while managing side-effects
- Explore and document medical and care wishes
National organizations, such as the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Commission on Cancer (CoC), recommend systematic delivery of supportive oncology and survivorship care to all cancer patients throughout the continuum of care.
Supportive Oncology
Distress, Practical, Family, and Spiritual Concerns |
Physical, Side Effect and Symptom Concerns |
Treatment and Care concerns |
They Say…
Other standard screening tools cannot capture what your survivorship tool does… It’s excellent!
DR. GENEVIEVE CHAPUT, CEDARS CANCER CENTRE, MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE
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physicians and
care professionals
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