Department of Medical Oncology & Experimental Therapeutics, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA Department of Molecular Pharmacology, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA Department of Pathology, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA Department of Biostatistics, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA Department of Surgery, City of Ho...

BACKGROUND Patient satisfaction is an important quality assurance measure in the delivery of health care. We conducted a prospective study to assess patient satisfaction at a large tertiary oncology/dysplasia unit. AIMS To assess current patient satisfaction at a large tertiary oncology/dysplasia unit and identify potential areas for improvement. METHODS This was a prospective study of pati...

Patients and payers (government and private) are frustrated with the fee-for-service system (FFS) of payment for outpatient health services. FFS rewards volume and highly valued services, including expensive diagnostics and therapeutics, over lesser valued cognitive services. Proposed payment schemes would incent collaboration and coordination of care among providers and reward quality. In onco...

INTRODUCTION: The implementation of a Psycho-oncology Service depends on institutional, structural, and political factors affecting the availability quality this service. Recent events, such as discontinuation Professional Improvement Course, funding source that supports training health professionals, ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, have had significant negative impact care available to cancer patie...

Invasive bladder cancer: ESMO Clinical Recommendations for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up J. Bellmunt, S. Albiol & V. Kataja On behalf of the ESMO Guidelines Working Group* Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital del Mar; Department of Medical Oncology, Instituto Oncológico Teknon, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Oncology, Vaasa Central Hospital, Vaasa and Kuopio University Hosp...

Most patients with cancer will be looked after by a diverse team made up of members from community- and hospital-based services. This team will include radiation oncologists. Radiotherapy is an important part of radical or palliative management in about 50% of patients with cancer. In recent years the specialty of radiation oncology has seen rapid advances in physics and technology, several of ...

Relatives of cancer patients in Saudi Arabia tend to believe that telling the truth to the patient could lead to harm and suffering. This study assessed the attitudes of Saudi Arabian cancer patients towards disclosure of cancer diagnosis and prognosis, and benefits and adverse effects of therapy. A questionnaire survey was administered to patients attending the oncology service between January...

From the Division of Medical Oncology at S. Maria Goretti Hospital, Latina, Italy (GF), the Division of Medical Oncology at Treviglio Hospital, Treviglio, Italy (MM, SB), the Department of Medical Oncology at University “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy (SD), Fondazione S. Maugeri, Pavia, Italy (CM), and the Division of Medical Oncology at the European Institute of Oncology, Milano, Italy (GC). E-mail...