Fear of cancer progression and the quality of sexual life of female cancer patients in Romania.

Introduction: As cancer survival rates increase, it has become crucial to pay attention to the long-term quality of life of survivors, including sexual functioning. The quality of sexual life and fear of cancer progression are often unmet needs, significantly impacting cancer patients' overall quality of life. In this study, we investigate these factors in Romanian female cancer patients and highlight their relationship with mental health and demographic variables.

Psychosocial care for cancer survivors: A global review of national cancer control plans.

Objective: National Cancer Control Plans (NCCPs) are high-level policy documents that prioritise actions to be taken to improve cancer control activities. As the number of cancer survivors grows globally, there is an urgent need to assess whether and how psychosocial care across the cancer care continuum is included in NCCPs. This review aimed to ascertain the extent to which NCCPs referenced psycho-oncology care for cancer survivors in the post-treatment phase.

European Cancer Organisation Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care: Adult glioma.

European Cancer Organisation Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care (ERQCCs) are explanations of the organisation and actions necessary to provide high-quality care to patients with a specific cancer type. They are compiled by a working group of European experts representing disciplines involved in cancer care, and provide oncology teams, patients, policymakers and managers with an overview of the essential requirements in any healthcare system. The focus here is on adult glioma.

An inter-specialty cancer training programme curriculum for Europe.

Introduction: Multidisciplinary and multi-professional collaboration is vital in providing better outcomes for patients The aim of the INTERACT-EUROPE Project (Wide Ranging Cooperation and Cutting Edge Innovation As A Response To Cancer Training Needs) was to develop an inter-specialty curriculum. A pilot project will enable a pioneer cohort to acquire a sample of the competencies needed.

Methods: A scoping review, qualitative and quantitative surveys were undertaken.

Cancer Patients' Unmet Needs in Three Low- to Middle- Income Countries: Perspectives from Health Care Providers.

We sought to determine differences by low- and middle- income countries (Brazil, Romania, and Turkiye) on the degree to which health care providers (HCPs) note unmet needs among patients with cancer ( = 741). HCPs endorsed sexuality/intimacy and financial concerns as the most common. Investigating age differences in unmet needs between Brazil and Turkiye, were that should be targeted by.

European Groundshot-addressing Europe's cancer research challenges: a Lancet Oncology Commission.

Cancer research is a crucial pillar for countries to deliver more affordable, higher quality, and more equitable cancer care. Patients treated in research-active hospitals have better outcomes than patients who are not treated in these settings. However, cancer in Europe is at a crossroads.

International collaboration for assessing unmet needs of cancer survivors and family caregivers: Lens of healthcare professionals.

Objective: Cancer patients and their family caregivers have reported various needs that are not met. Recognition of the unmet needs by healthcare professionals may be a first step to adequately and systematically addressing them. Thus, the International Psycho-Oncology Society Survivorship Online Survey was developed to measure healthcare professionals' evaluation about the unmet needs of their patients and family caregivers around the globe.

On top of that all, now Covid-19, too. A scoping review of specificities and correlates of fear of cancer recurrence in breast cancer patients during COVID-19.

Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) is a normal response in cancer survivors and one of the most prevalent reactions reported by up to 87% of them. However, elevated levels of FCR impair well-being, quality of life and professional functioning, and lead to anxiety, depression or PTSD. COVID-19 pandemic can exacerbate FCR symptoms, given the restricting access to follow-up investigations and treatment, the isolation restrictions imposed and the possibility of the medical system becoming overworked.

European Cancer Organisation Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care (ERQCC): Lung cancer.

European Cancer Organisation Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care (ERQCC) are written by experts representing all disciplines involved in cancer care in Europe. They give patients, health professionals, managers and policymakers a guide to essential care throughout the patient journey. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality and has a wide variation in treatment and outcomes in Europe.

Nursing and Allied Health Research Priorities in the Care of Patients With Thoracic Malignancies: An International Cross-Sectional Survey.

Background: There is currently no evidence of research priorities from nurses and allied health professionals working in the field of thoracic malignancies, which could provide strategic directions for funders, policy makers, and researchers.

Objective: The aim of this study is to identify the priorities for lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies research and practice in nurses and allied health professionals.

Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional web-based international survey conducted through international societies' membership lists.

ECCO Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care: Primary care.

ECCO Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care (ERQCC) are checklists and explanations of organisation and actions that are necessary to give high-quality care to cancer patients. They are written by European experts representing all disciplines involved in cancer care. This paper concerns the integration of primary care into care for all cancers in Europe.

Normative values for the distress thermometer (DT) and the emotion thermometers (ET), derived from a German general population sample.

Purpose: The distress thermometer (DT) and the emotion thermometers (ET) are short screening instruments for use in oncological practice. The aim of this study was to provide normative values and to analyze the correlational structure of the ET.

Methods: A representative sample of the adult German general population (N = 2437) completed the ET, the PHQ-4, the FACIT-fatigue scale, and the demoralization scale.

Are male cancer patients more affected by losing their jobs than female patients? Gender as a moderator of the relationship between losing the job and well-being in a sample of Romanian cancer patients.

Purpose: Research indicates the heightened need of cancer patients to return to work, which would be beneficial for their emotional/mental health and well-being. The major aim of this study was to identify the overall effect of losing the job upon different dimensions of well-being, and possible gender differences related to this influence.

Methods: A sample of 800 Romanian cancer patients was screened in 2014 (461 female and 338 male).

Does knowledge of diagnosis really affect rates of depression in cancer patients?

Unlabelled: Significant levels of distress usually accompany the entire cancer experience, affecting the patients' general functioning and adaptation to illness.

Objective: The major objective of the present study was to investigate potential demographic and intrapersonal moderators of the relationship between knowing the cancer diagnosis and the level of depression experienced.

Method: The present research has a transversal comparative repeated cross-sectional design (2006-2014), sampling following the proportional quota method.

Romania's drug policy from 2005 to 2012: experiences with implementation.

Even with the relatively high rate of illicit drug use in Romania, drug prevention remains a relatively low political and professional priority. Policies focus primarily on the criminalization of drug use rather than on prevention and treatment. By studying official Romanian drug policies and legislative documents, as well as national and European reports on the state of the ''drug problem,'' this article focuses on the impact of policy on drug use, treatment, and prevention, with an emphasis on the criminalization of drug use and the resultant trends and practical impacts.

In search of the sixth vital sign: cancer care in Romania.

Purpose: Romania still has to adapt and develop psychosocial assessment protocols which would allow standardized screening for the sixth vital sign in cancer patients, namely distress and quality of life. The present study screens for the psychosocial and communication needs of cancer outpatients in palliative care and in rehabilitation. These data are also compared with those obtained from a sample of cancer inpatients.

A review of drug prevention system development in Romania and its impact on youth drug consumption trends, 1995-2005.

Issues: A tremendous growth occurred in the reported drug use and abuse in Romania from 1995 to 1999. Lack of concern by government and little policy attention contributed to the surprising delay of drug policy and drug prevention system development. General public stigmatize drug users and drug consumption is considered a matter of personal fault and responsibility.

Non-disclosure of cancer diagnosis: an examination of personal, medical, and psychosocial factors.

Objectives: In recent psycho-oncological literature, few studies are concerned with the consequences of cancer diagnosis non-disclosure. The aims of this study were to analyze factors that may explain the non-disclosure of cancer diagnosis to patients by physicians and to compare personal characteristics of cancer patients, on the basis of cancer diagnosis disclosure versus non-disclosure.

Methods: A total of 420 hospitalized cancer patients were included in our study; 342 with malignant and 78 with benign tumors.

[Analysis of the effectiveness of psychologic interventions in oncology regarding the quality of life and survival of cancer patients].

Psychotherapy and psycho-social interventions in oncological rehabilitation, based on confirmed results of several controlled studies designed and conducted in a bio-psycho-social research framework, have been proved to reduce the psycho-social vulnerability of cancer patients and to enhance health related quality of life in this patient population. It is also supposed that psychological intervention increases survival outcomes of cancer patients through immune-modulation. Findings of psycho-neuro-immunological research have underlined that the human neurological and immunological system, mainly the NK, CD4 and CD8 cell activity and cytotoxicity, are mediators and modulators in the progress of malignant tumors.