Communication and support of patients and caregivers in chronic cancer care: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline

F Stiefel; C Bourquin; P Salmon; L Achtari Jeanneret; S Dauchy; N Ernstmann; L Grassi; Y Libert; F Vitinius; D Santini; C I Ripamonti; ESMO Guidelines Committee. Electronic address: clinicalguidelines@esmo.org

doi:10.1016/j.esmoop.2024.103496

Communication and support of patients and caregivers in chronic cancer care: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline

ESMO Open. 2024 Jul;9(7):103496. doi: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2024.103496. Epub 2024 Jun 18.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Psychiatric Liaison Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
³ Department of Oncology, Réseau Hospitalier Neuchâtelois, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
⁴ Département Médico-Universitaire Psychiatrie et Addictologie, AP-HP, Centre-Université de Paris, Paris; Centre National Fin de Vie-Soins Palliatifs, Paris, France.
⁵ Center for Health Communication and Health Services Research (CHSR), Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn; Chair of Health Services Research, Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research and Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
⁶ Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
⁷ Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Faculté des Sciences Psychologiques et de l'Éducation, Brussels; Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles (H.U.B.), Institut Jules Bordet, Service de Psychologie (Secteur Psycho-Oncologie), Brussels, Belgium.
⁸ Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital and University of Cologne, Cologne; Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Robert-Bosch Hospital Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
⁹ Medical Oncology A, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome.
¹⁰ Palliative Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, Universita' degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

Abstract

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ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline with key recommendations for communication and support of cancer patients and caregivers.
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The guideline discusses training in communication of oncology clinicians and research on communication in cancer care.
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Practical recommendations aim to support oncology clinicians in their communication with patients and caregivers.
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Figures summarising the responsibilities of the clinician, the oncology team and the health care institution are provided.

Keywords: chronic cancer; clinical practice guideline; communication and support; oncology; training.

Publication types

Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

Caregivers*
Chronic Disease
Communication
Humans
Neoplasms* / therapy
Social Support