Amid unprecedented scientific progress in oncology, a growing body of evidence reveals a parallel and profound crisis in the human experience of cancer care. Despite overall survival outcomes improving, the systems designed to deliver care increasingly fall short in addressing the emotional, relational, and existential dimensions of cancer. Although examples of compassionate and attentive care can be found in every…
[The Lancet Oncology Commission] The human crisis in cancer: a Lancet Oncology Commission
The Lancet Oncology | | Gary Rodin, Amalya Feldman, Dario Trapani, Mac Skelton, Karla Unger-Saldaña, Beverley Essue, Rille Pihlak, Catherine Walshe, William E Rosa, Matthew P Banegas, Miguel Zambrano-Lucio, Rawaz Salah Daood, Ajay Aggarwal, Omar Dewachi, Gilla K Shapiro, Murallitharan Munisamy, Harenthri Devy Alagir Rajah, Shrikant Atreya, Vijay Shree Dhyani, Yek-Ching Kong, Mebin Mathew, Carol Y Ochoa-Dominguez, Arathi Prahallada Rao, Seema Rajesh Rao, Srinagesh Simha, Nancy Preston, Wendy Wing Tak Lam, Hanae Davis, Camilla Zimmermann, Eve Namisango, Christian Ntizimira, Elizabeth Smyth, Madeline Li, Naveen Salins, Nirmala Bhoo-Pathy, Richard Sullivan
Topics: blood-cancer, clinical-trials