Publications by authors named "Svea Huening"
Article Synopsis
- Skin cancer cases are on the rise, and in 2015, Germany made a law to let patients ask for a second medical opinion about their diagnosis and treatment.
- A study with 714 patients found that most people seeking a second opinion were diagnosed with the most serious kind of skin cancer, and they wanted more information and reassurance about their treatment.
- The results showed that getting a second opinion was helpful for patients, especially those who felt they had less control over their situation, and younger patients with more advanced cancer experienced more disruption in their daily lives.
The global incidence of skin cancer has steadily increased in recent years, and malignant melanoma still has one of the fastest-growing incidence rates among all malignant tumors in the western world. Thus, newly diagnosed patients have an increased need for health information concerning their disease. Using a standardized questionnaire, our study aims to investigate our patients' primary sources of health-related information as well as their self-proclaimed eHealth literacy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: There is a lack of data regarding the situation of melanoma patients receiving systemic therapies in their last months of life.
Patients And Methods: All melanoma patients who died in 2016 or 2017 and who had been treated by systemic therapies within the last three months of life were retrospectively analyzed. The study was conducted within the Committee "supportive therapy" of the Work Group Dermatological Oncology (ADO).