A step forward in addressing cancer survivorship in the Asia-Pacific region

BMC Medicine

Commentary

Alexandre Chan¹  Patsy Yates²  Raymond Javan Chan³  Alex Molassiotis⁴ 

[1] Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore;Department of Pharmacy, National Cancer Centre, Singapore, Singapore;School of Nursing and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;Cancer Nursing Professorial Precinct, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia;School of Nursing and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;Cancer Nursing Professorial Precinct, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia;Level 3, School of Nursing, N Block, Queensland University of Technology - Kelvin Grove Campus, Q4059, Kelvin Grove, Australia;School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China;

关键词: Asia;    Asia-Pacific region;    Cancer survivorship;    Cancer policy;    Service planning;    Low- and middle-income countries;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12916-017-0796-6

 received in 2017-01-11, accepted in 2017-01-18,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Cancer survivorship is being increasingly recognized as an important component of cancer care. This commentary reviews the key findings reported in the recent BMC Medicine publication of the ACTION study, which focuses on the health-related quality of life and psychological distress in 5249 cancer survivors in eight low- and middle-income countries in Southeast Asia. The study identified that more than one-third of survivors experience at least mild levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms and that poorer outcomes in quality of life, anxiety, and depressive symptoms are linked to a number of clinical and demographic factors. Such data provides an important foundation to inform cancer policy and service planning in Asia. Future research efforts are required to further understand the needs of cancer survivors in this region and determine interventions to improve outcomes for this population.Please see related article: http://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-016-0768-2.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s). 2017