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Close up on the hands of a man using a tablet, tapping the screenJoin the New Working Group on Patient-Reported Symptom Monitoring

Our Oncodermatology Study Group is excited to announce the creation of a new Working Group on patient-reported symptom monitoring led by Dr Iris Walraven and Dr Corina van den Hurk. Following the excellent results of the randomized trial from Ethan Basch, there are currently many initiatives to monitor patient-reported symptoms during and after treatment. However, there is currently no international consensus on core symptom subsets and comparable methods to monitor these symptoms during and after treatment. This currently leads to a variety of initiatives and everyone ‘reinventing the wheel’. Furthermore, all the excellent data gathered might not be comparable to use in studies. > Read more


Woman patient greeting her doctor online from laptop screen during videocallDevelopment of MASCC Guidance for the Use of Telemedicine in Cancer Survivorship

The MASCC Survivorship Study Group is working on a follow-up to their article published in Supportive Care in Cancer 28(8): 3845-3488. Part 1 of this project includes a large overview of systematic reviews involving over 20 members within the Survivorship Group. Part 2 of the project will include development MASCC Guidance for the use of telemedicine in cancer survivorship. This work is particularly relevant for supportive care delivery and research in the post-COVID era.


Read our latest Editor's Pick articles from our journal Supportive Care in Cancer

• July 2021: Position statement on cancer nursing’s potential to reduce the growing burden of cancer across the world

• June 2021: Cancer-related cognitive impairment in patients with non-central nervous system malignancies: an overview for oncology providers from the MASCC Neurological Complications Study Group

• May 2021: Financial worry and psychological distress among cancer survivors in the United States, 2013—2018

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