Supportive Care Needs of Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patients in a Comprehensive Cancer Center: Identifying Care Profiles and Future Perspectives

The prompt introduction of supportive care for patients with cancer leads to a better quality of life, potential survival benefits, and improvements in treatment safety. Considering that patients’ needs vary, descriptive assessments could serve as a compass for an efficient and prompt healthcare res...

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Main Authors: Loula Papageorgiou, Jean-Bernard Le Provost, Mario Di Palma, Marc Langlois, Israa Salma, Manuella Lopes, Etienne Minvielle, Maya Abbas, Florian Scotté
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-02-01
Series:Cancers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/5/1017
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author Loula Papageorgiou
Jean-Bernard Le Provost
Mario Di Palma
Marc Langlois
Israa Salma
Manuella Lopes
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Maya Abbas
Florian Scotté
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description The prompt introduction of supportive care for patients with cancer leads to a better quality of life, potential survival benefits, and improvements in treatment safety. Considering that patients’ needs vary, descriptive assessments could serve as a compass for an efficient and prompt healthcare response. The aim of this study was to identify supportive care needs in newly diagnosed patients according to cancer type. A retrospective study was conducted by collecting data from the case consultation and medical records of a comprehensive cancer center in France. Patients’ needs were divided into twelve domains: nutrition, psychological support, psychiatric support, social care, physiotherapy, addictology, pain management, palliative care, pharmacology, complementary and alternative practice (CAM), sexual health, and speech therapy. Out of 6217 newly diagnosed patients of various cancer types who sought medical care at Gustave Roussy in 2021, 2541 (41%) required supportive cancer care (SCC), and of them, 1331 patients (52%) required two or more different SCC specialist interventions. The top five interventions were dietary (for 60% of patients), physiotherapy (33%), psychology (29%), social care (28%), and pain management (16%). Subgroup analysis according to cancer department highlighted additional specific needs: CAM for breast cancer patients (11%), speech specialist (27%) and addictologist (22%) interventions for ENT patients, psychiatry consultations for neurological patients (16%), and palliative care for dermatology patients (23%). The aforementioned data suggest that an early, multidisciplinary supportive care intervention should be required. Assembling human resources at the time of diagnosis within a dedicated day unit would be the next appropriate step in developing personalized care pathways related to the highlighted needs.
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spelling doaj.art-d1d3560a257343d6aae5f523222b26b52024-03-12T16:41:13ZengMDPI AGCancers2072-66942024-02-01165101710.3390/cancers16051017Supportive Care Needs of Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patients in a Comprehensive Cancer Center: Identifying Care Profiles and Future PerspectivesLoula Papageorgiou0Jean-Bernard Le Provost1Mario Di Palma2Marc Langlois3Israa Salma4Manuella Lopes5Etienne Minvielle6Maya Abbas7Florian Scotté8Patient Pathway Division, Gustave Roussy, 94805 Villejuif, FrancePsycho-Oncology Unit, Gustave Roussy, 94805 Villejuif, FrancePatient Pathway Division, Gustave Roussy, 94805 Villejuif, FranceDoo Conseil, 33000 Bordeaux, FrancePatient Pathway Division, Gustave Roussy, 94805 Villejuif, FrancePatient Pathway Division, Gustave Roussy, 94805 Villejuif, FrancePatient Pathway Division, Gustave Roussy, 94805 Villejuif, FrancePatient Pathway Division, Gustave Roussy, 94805 Villejuif, FrancePatient Pathway Division, Gustave Roussy, 94805 Villejuif, FranceThe prompt introduction of supportive care for patients with cancer leads to a better quality of life, potential survival benefits, and improvements in treatment safety. Considering that patients’ needs vary, descriptive assessments could serve as a compass for an efficient and prompt healthcare response. The aim of this study was to identify supportive care needs in newly diagnosed patients according to cancer type. A retrospective study was conducted by collecting data from the case consultation and medical records of a comprehensive cancer center in France. Patients’ needs were divided into twelve domains: nutrition, psychological support, psychiatric support, social care, physiotherapy, addictology, pain management, palliative care, pharmacology, complementary and alternative practice (CAM), sexual health, and speech therapy. Out of 6217 newly diagnosed patients of various cancer types who sought medical care at Gustave Roussy in 2021, 2541 (41%) required supportive cancer care (SCC), and of them, 1331 patients (52%) required two or more different SCC specialist interventions. The top five interventions were dietary (for 60% of patients), physiotherapy (33%), psychology (29%), social care (28%), and pain management (16%). Subgroup analysis according to cancer department highlighted additional specific needs: CAM for breast cancer patients (11%), speech specialist (27%) and addictologist (22%) interventions for ENT patients, psychiatry consultations for neurological patients (16%), and palliative care for dermatology patients (23%). The aforementioned data suggest that an early, multidisciplinary supportive care intervention should be required. Assembling human resources at the time of diagnosis within a dedicated day unit would be the next appropriate step in developing personalized care pathways related to the highlighted needs.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/5/1017supportive carepatient needspatient pathwaypersonalized care
spellingShingle Loula Papageorgiou
Jean-Bernard Le Provost
Mario Di Palma
Marc Langlois
Israa Salma
Manuella Lopes
Etienne Minvielle
Maya Abbas
Florian Scotté
Supportive Care Needs of Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patients in a Comprehensive Cancer Center: Identifying Care Profiles and Future Perspectives
Cancers
supportive care
patient needs
patient pathway
personalized care
title Supportive Care Needs of Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patients in a Comprehensive Cancer Center: Identifying Care Profiles and Future Perspectives
title_full Supportive Care Needs of Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patients in a Comprehensive Cancer Center: Identifying Care Profiles and Future Perspectives
title_fullStr Supportive Care Needs of Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patients in a Comprehensive Cancer Center: Identifying Care Profiles and Future Perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Supportive Care Needs of Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patients in a Comprehensive Cancer Center: Identifying Care Profiles and Future Perspectives
title_short Supportive Care Needs of Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patients in a Comprehensive Cancer Center: Identifying Care Profiles and Future Perspectives
title_sort supportive care needs of newly diagnosed cancer patients in a comprehensive cancer center identifying care profiles and future perspectives
topic supportive care
patient needs
patient pathway
personalized care
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/5/1017
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