What counts as a ‘successful’ outcome in cancer care? Tι σημαίνει «επιτυχία» θεραπευτικής αγωγής στον καρκίνο;
Α Cancer World article Every patient wants to be cured. But a culture that defines success as ‘cure’ condemns many patients and doctors to failure. . …What does treatment ‘success’ mean in cancer? Does it only mean curing the cancer? Or controlling it? Extending life? Or providing a good quality of life, even for a … Συνέχεια
Cancer patients anxiety & full access to medical records
For quite some time now I wanted to write about a recent research I read about in an article in Reuters by Genestra Pittman: whether access to medical records increases cancer patients’ anxiety. According to a new study by French scientists of the Paoli-Calmette Institute, when cancer patients get full access to their medical records … Συνέχεια