Menée en Chine par questionnaire auprès de 649 participants, cette étude analyse les besoins en soins de support d'aidants familiaux de patients atteints d'un cancer de stade avancé

Needs of family caregivers of advanced cancer patients: a survey in Shanghai of China

Cui, J. ; Song, L. J. ; Zhou, L. J. ; Meng, H. ; Zhao, J. J.

It is important to understand the unmet needs of family caregivers of advanced cancer patients for developing and refining services to address the identified gaps in cancer care. To explore their needs in Chinese mainland and the possible factors associated with their needs, a self-developed questionnaire was used to survey a sample of 649 participants in 15 hospitals of Shanghai. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, factor analysis, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Fishers least [...]

Menée aux Etats-Unis auprès de 268 survivants d'un cancer ayant reçu une greffe de cellules souches hématopoïétiques, cette étude analyse l'association entre des indicateurs subjectifs et objectifs de leur statut socioéconomique et leur qualité de vie

Objective and subjective socioeconomic status and health symptoms in patients following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Brown-Iannuzzi, Jazmin L. ; Payne, B. Keith ; Rini, Christine ; DuHamel, Katherine N. ; Redd, William H.

Objective : Recent research indicates that subjective socioeconomic status (SES) – the perception of one's own SES compared with other people – is an important predictor of cancer-related health outcomes. Subjective SES may function as a psychosocial mechanism by which objective SES affects health, well-being, and, more broadly, quality of life among cancer survivors. This study tested whether the association between objective SES and indicators of quality of life was mediated by subjective SES [...]

Menée en Australie par entretiens auprès de 10 femmes atteintes d'un cancer du sein diagnostiqué entre 25 et 41 ans, cette étude qualitative analyse leurs préoccupations relatives à la fertilité et à la maternité après les traitements

Women's reflections on fertility and motherhood after breast cancer and its treatment

Kirkman, M. ; Winship, I. ; Stern, C. ; Neil, S. ; Mann, G. B. ; Fisher, J. R. W.

Breast cancer and its treatment have complex ramifications for women of reproductive age, including reduced fertility. With the aim of increasing understanding of what it means to women to manage fertility and motherhood in the years after a diagnosis of breast cancer, in-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with 10 women aged 26–45 years, living in Victoria, Australia, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer aged 25–41. Transcripts were analysed thematically and interpreted within [...]

Menée en Suède auprès de 5 850 patients atteints de mélanome malin cutané, cette étude évalue la proportion de patients guéris et les durées médianes de survie, sur la période 1996-2005

Estimating the cure proportion of malignant melanoma, an alternative approach to assess long term survival: A population-based study

Andersson, Therese M. L. ; Eriksson, Hanna ; Hansson, Johan ; Månsson-Brahme, Eva ; Dickman, Paul W. ; Eloranta, Sandra ; Lambe, Mats ; Lambert, Paul C.

Objectives : A large proportion of patients with cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) do not experience excess mortality due to their disease. This group of patients is referred to as the cure proportion. Few studies have examined the possibility of cure for CMM. The aim of this study was to estimate the cure proportion of patients with CMM in a Swedish population. Methods : We undertook a population-based study of 5850 CMM patients in two Swedish health care regions during 1996–2005. We used [...]

Menée en Corée auprès de 19 372 participants âgés de 20 à 79 ans, cette étude transversale analyse l'évolution de la prévalence d'adénomes colorectaux en fonction de l'âge et du sexe, chez des individus ne présentant pas de symptômes

The prevalence of colorectal adenomas in asymptomatic Korean men and women

Yang, Moon Hee ; Rampal, Sanjay ; Sung, Jidong ; Choi, Yoon-Ho ; Son, Hee Jung ; Lee, Jun Haeng ; Kim, Young-ho ; Chang, Dong Kyung ; Rhee, Poong-Lyul ; Rhee, Jong Chul ; Guallar, Eliseo ; Cho, Juhee

Background:Colorectal cancer incidence is rapidly rising in many Asian countries, with rates approaching those of Western countries. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and trends of colorectal adenomas by age, sex, and risk strata in asymptomatic in Koreans. Methods:Cross-sectional study of 19,372 consecutive participants aged 20-79 years undergoing screening colonoscopy at the Center for Health Promotion of the Samsung Medical Center in Korea from January 2006 to June 2009. [...]

A partir des données de 9 registres américains des cancers portant sur 375 462 patients atteints de cancer colorectal, cette étude de cohorte analyse l'évolution de la proportion de décès liés à une autre cause que le cancer et évalue l'évolution de la mortalité spécifique, sur la période 1975-2009

Temporal trends in the leading causes of death among a large national cohort of patients with colorectal cancer from 1975 to 2009 in the United States

Tong, Liyue ; Ahn, Chul ; Symanski, Elaine ; Lai, Dejian ; Du, Xianglin L.

Purpose : To assess the distribution of proportion of deaths from causes other than colorectal cancer (CRC) over time and temporal trends of cause-specific cumulative incidence of death due to six leading causes in patients with CRC. Methods : 375,462 patients with CRC in 9 SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) registries from 1975-2009 were included. Competing risks proportional hazards regression was used to examine the effect of diagnostic time periods on the risk of [...]

Menée aux Etats-Unis auprès de patients atteints d'un cancer colorectal diagnostiqué entre 2000 et 2007, cette étude de cohorte rétrospective analyse les disparités géographiques
et socioéconomiques et leur impact sur la survie

Geographic Residency Status and Census Tract Socioeconomic Status as Determinants of Colorectal Cancer Outcomes

Hines, Robert ; Markossian, Talar ; Johnson, Asal ; Dong, Frank ; Bayakly, Rana

Objectives. We examined the impact of geographic residency status and census tract (CT)-level socioeconomic status (SES) on colorectal cancer (CRC) outcomes. Methods. This was a retrospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with CRC in Georgia for the years 2000 through 2007. Study outcomes were late-stage disease at diagnosis, receipt of treatment, and survival. Results. For colon cancer, residents of lower-middle-SES and low-SES census tracts had decreased odds of receiving surgery. Rural, [...]

A partir des données des registres des cancers portant sur la période 1982-2012, cette étude analyse et compare, en Nouvelle-Zélance et en Australie, l'évolution de l'incidence du cancer de l'oropharynx et du cancer épidermoïde de la cavité buccale

Comparison of oropharyngeal and oral cavity squamous cell cancer incidence and trends in New Zealand and Queensland, Australia

Elwood, J. Mark ; Youlden, Danny R. ; Chelimo, Carol ; Ioannides, Sally J. ; Baade, Peter D.

Background : Increases in the incidence of squamous cell oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) have been reported from some countries, but have not been assessed in Australia or New Zealand. This study examines trends for squamous cell OPC and squamous cell oral cavity cancer (OCC) in two similarly sized populations, New Zealand and Queensland, Australia. Methods : Incidence data for 1982–2010 were obtained from the respective population-based cancer registries for squamous cell OPC and OCC, by subsite, [...]

Menée aux Pays-Bas, cette étude évalue l'efficacité d'un questionnaire destiné à identifier les problématiques psychosociales associées à une consultation et à un test d'oncogénétique

Psychosocial Aspects of Hereditary Cancer (PAHC) questionnaire: development and testing of a screening questionnaire for use in clinical cancer genetics

Eijzenga, W. ; Bleiker, E. M. A. ; Hahn, D. E. E. ; Kluijt, I. ; Sidharta, G. N. ; Gundy, C. ; Aaronson, N. K.

Background : Up to three-quarters of individuals who undergo cancer genetic counseling and testing report psychosocial problems specifically related to that setting. The objectives of this study were to develop and evaluate the screening properties of a questionnaire designed to assess specific psychosocial problems related to cancer genetic counseling. Methods : We adopted the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Group guidelines to develop the [...]

Menée aux Pays-Bas auprès de 267 survivants d'un lymphome hodgkinien (âge moyen: 46 ans), cette étude analyse la prévalence d'une fatigue chronique et son association avec des symptômes d'anxiété et de dépression

Chronic fatigue in Hodgkin lymphoma survivors and associations with anxiety, depression and comorbidity

Daniels, L. A. ; Oerlemans, S. ; Krol, A. D. G. ; Creutzberg, C. L. ; van de Poll-Franse, L. V.

Background: Fatigue is a frequent and persistent problem among Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) survivors. We investigated the prevalence of clinically relevant fatigue in HL survivors and the relation between fatigue and anxiety and depression. Methods: Fatigue was measured through the generic European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30) and Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS). Anxiety and depression were measured with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression [...]

Menée auprès de 945 participants, cette étude américaine analyse et compare le rapport coût-efficacité de deux interventions destinées à augmenter la pratique du dépistage du cancer colorectal

Cost-effectiveness of a standard intervention versus a navigated intervention on colorectal cancer screening use in primary care

Lairson, David R. ; DiCarlo, Melissa ; Deshmuk, Ashish A. ; Fagan, Heather B. ; Sifri, Randa ; Katurakes, Nora ; Cocroft, James ; Sendecki, Jocelyn ; Swan, Heidi ; Vernon, Sally W. ; Myers, Ronald E.

BACKGROUND : Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is cost-effective but underused. The objective of this study was to determine the cost-effectiveness of a mailed standard intervention (SI) and tailored navigation interventions (TNIs) to increase CRC screening use in the context of a randomized trial among primary care patients. METHODS : Participants (n = 945) were randomized either to a usual care control group (n = 317), to an SI group (n = 316), or to a TNI group (n = 312). The SI group was [...]

Menée aux Pays-Bas auprès de patients atteints d'un cancer colorectal traités dans 23 établissements hospitaliers différents, cette étude analyse les effets d'un programme d'évaluation externe par des pairs sur l'amélioration de la survie et des soins pluridisciplinaires en cancérologie

The impact of organisational external peer review on colorectal cancer treatment and survival in the Netherlands

Kilsdonk, M. J. ; van Dijk, B. A. C. ; Otter, R. ; Siesling, S. ; van Harten, W. H.

Background: Organisational external peer review was introduced in 1994 in the Netherlands to improve multidisciplinary cancer care. We examined the clinical impact of this programme on colorectal cancer care. Methods:Patients with primary colorectal cancer were included from 23 participating hospitals and 7 controls. Hospitals from the intervention group were dichotomised by their implementation proportion (IP) of the recommendations from each peer review (high IP vs low IP). Outcome measures [...]

Menée en Australie par questionnaire auprès de 836 survivantes d'un cancer du sein, cette étude analyse leurs préférences en matière d'organisation des soins de suivi

What sort of follow-up services would Australian breast cancer survivors prefer if we could no longer offer long-term specialist-based care? A discrete choice experiment

Bessen, T. ; Chen, G. ; Street, J. ; Eliott, J. ; Karnon, J. ; Keefe, D. ; Ratcliffe, J.

Background: Early diagnosis and improved treatment outcomes have increased breast cancer survival rates that, in turn, have led to increased numbers of women undergoing follow-up after completion of primary treatment. The current workload growth is unsustainable for breast cancer specialists who also provide care for women newly diagnosed or with a recurrence. Appropriate and acceptable follow-up care is important; yet, currently we know little about patient preferences. The aim of this study [...]

A partir d'une revue systématique de la littérature (40 études), cette méta-analyse fait le point sur l'efficacité d'interventions pédagogiques visant à améliorer la perception du risque de cancer chez des patients déjà malades ou chez des individus à haut risque de cancer

Improving subjective perception of personal cancer risk: systematic review and meta-analysis of educational interventions for people with cancer or at high risk of cancer

Dieng, Mbathio ; Watts, Caroline G. ; Kasparian, Nadine A. ; Morton, Rachael L. ; Mann, Graham J. ; Cust, Anne E.

Background : Newly diagnosed patients with cancer require education about the disease, the available treatments and potential consequences of treatment. Greater understanding of cancer risk has been found to be associated with greater health-related quality of life, improved psychological adjustment and greater health-related behaviours. The aim of this sytematic review was to assess the effectiveness of educational interventions in improving subjective cancer risk perception and to appraise [...]

Menée aux Etats-Unis auprès de 39 patients atteints de cancer et traités en milieu hospitalier, cette étude analyse leur compréhension de l'information donnée par les médecins et les infirmières relative au pronostic

Cancer Patients’ Understanding of Prognostic Information

Cartwright, LauraA ; Dumenci, Levent ; Siminoff, LauraA ; Matsuyama, RobinK

Prognostic information is necessary for cancer patients to be fully informed about the likely course of their disease. This information is needed for practical planning and treatment decisions. This study sought to examine how cancer patients understand the prognosis information available to them. The setting is an urban safety net hospital. Six focus groups with cancer patients (N = 39) were digitally recorded and transcribed verbatim then analyzed using phases of content analysis. [...]

Cette étude américaine analyse l'efficacité d'un programme pédagogique destiné aux masseurs pour détecter les lésions suspectes sur la peau et prévenir le cancer

Skin Cancer Education for Massage Therapists: A Novel Approach to the Early Detection of Suspicious Lesions

Trotter, ShannonC ; Louie-Gao, Qiong ; Hession, MeghanT ; Cummins, Deborah

Studies indicate that with training, nonmedical health professionals may be able to successfully recognize lesions suspicious for skin cancer and thereby assist with early detection of suspicious lesions. We present the results of a study aimed at assessing the efficacy of a 4-h continuing education program designed to educate massage therapists about skin cancer detection and prevention. Prior to and after the administration of the course, surveys were administered to attendees to gauge their [...]