Addressing health-related quality of life inequities in cancer: where do we go from here?
Menée aux Etats-Unis à partir de données portant sur 5 366 patients ayant survécu à un cancer (âge moyen : 59,8 ans), cette étude analyse leur qualité de vie en fonction de leur origine ethnique et de leur pays d'origine
In 2019, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) hosted a cancer survivorship workshop with the goal of identifying specific evidence gaps in cancer survivorship.1 Prioritized among these gaps was improving the understanding of and addressing patient-reported physical, psychosocial, and financial needs of cancer survivors from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, as well as countries of origin. Optimizing health-related quality (HRQOL), defined as “a multidomain concept that represents the patient’s general perception of the effect of illness and treatment on physical, psychological, and social aspects of life,”is foundational to providing high quality, holistic care for individuals living with a cancer diagnosis (...)