Aims Numerous healthcare decisions are faced by persons with advanced cancer from
diagnosis to end-of-life. The family caregiver role in these decisions has focused on being a …

This issue of Cancers is a Special Issue focusing on 'cancer survivorship'. Worldwide, there
were an estimated 19.3 million new cancer cases in 2020, and it is anticipated that there will …

Each interaction that occurs between a patient with cancer and his or her family and a family
physician or consultant has the potential to improve or reduce the patient's quality of life and …

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate meaning in life and its predictors in Turkish
patients with cancer. Methods: A convenience sample of 182 patients with cancer at a …

Objectives: Advance care planning (ACP) enables individuals to deliberate about future
preferences for care based upon their values and beliefs about what is important in life. For …

106 Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs, No. 40, 2010 that 90% of cancer-
consistent symptoms presenting to primary care providers are not actually associated with a …

Objective This article identifies the core values that play a role in patients' decision-making
process about participation in early-phase clinical cancer trials. Methods Face-to-face, semi …

Oncologists should consider expanding their role and involving themselves in the more
holistic aspects of cancer care. As a result of the bonds that they develop with patients, these …

Background Patients' quality of life has become a major objective of care in oncology. At the
same time, it has become the object of increasing interest by researchers, working with both …

Multimorbidity is known to contribute to the complexity of care for patients with cancer. This
qualitative study begins to explore cancer patients' experience with multimodal treatments …