Hannah Wardill, Lead at Supportive Oncology Research Group (SORG), Research Fellow at Adelaide University, shared on LinkedIn:
“The South Australian Cancer Plan 2025–2029 puts improving the cancer experience front and centre.
Supportive cancer care is fundamental to achieving that goal.
Yet supportive care remains too often marginalised, fragmented and poorly integrated into routine cancer care.
In part, this reflects persistent assumptions, myths and misconceptions that underestimate its value and limit investment, implementation and access.
In this new paper, The Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) tackle these myths head-on.
Our message is clear: supportive care is not an optional extra to cancer treatment.
It is an essential component of high-quality cancer care.
When delivered effectively, it not only improves symptoms, function and quality of life, but also survival.
If we are serious about improving the cancer experience, supportive care needs to move from the margins to the mainstream.
Learn more here, and please circulate with your peers!”
Title: Supportive Care in What? Myths and Misconceptions That Prevent the Provision of Excellent Cancer Care
Authors: Hannah R. Wardill, Maryam B. Lustberg, Andrew Davies, Ian N. Olver, Joanne M. Bowen, Rajesh V. Lalla, Dorothy M. Keefe, Alexandre Chan, Florian Scotté
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