Background. Oral antineoplastic therapies not only improve survival but also reduce the
burden of care for patients. Yet patients and clinicians face new challenges in managing …

OBJECTIVES This overview aims to synthesise global evidence on factors affecting
healthcare access, and variations across low‐and middle‐income countries (LMICs) vs. high …

Objective Many patients who experience distress do not seek help, and little is known about
the reasons for this. We explored the reasons for declining help among patients who had …

Background The nursing shortage and its impact on patient care are well-documented
global issues. Patients living with cancer as a chronic illness have many psychosocial …

Distress management (DM)(screening and response) is an essential component of cancer
care across the treatment trajectory. Effective DM has many benefits, including improving …

Objective Although elevated levels of distress are supposed to constitute a need for
psychosocial support, the relation between elevated distress and need for support does not …

Various psychotherapeutic approaches have been developed to address the psychosocial
stressors and distress associated with cancer diagnosis and treatment. One such approach …

Purpose Whether prognostic awareness benefits terminally ill cancer patients' psychological–
existential well‐being and quality of life (QOL) is unclear because of lack of well‐controlled …

Background Women with cervical cancer constitute a patient population in need for ongoing,
person-centred supportive care. Our aim was to synthesise current available evidence with …

Objective Although one‐third of cancer patients are perceived to have a need for
psychological support based on the percentage of mental disorders, little is known about the …