The Needs of Cancer Survivors

Rambam Health Care Campus150 enrolled

Overview

A questionaire for cancer patients without an active treatment in order to evaluate their needs and/or demands.

Cancer patients on finishing therapy will be interviewed by a registered nurse by a approved questionaire asking about his /her feeling needs and demands. Efforts to help them will be trid It is well known from studies that survivors have unmet medical and non-medical needs that are not met, this includes physical, emotional and practical issues. The purpose of this study is to study them and investigate the methods how to alleviate them. All patients with breast and colon cancer that are refered to the Rambam Oncology center will be investigated.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

150

Conditions

Needs and Demands of Oncology Patients Breast Cancer Patients.Colon Cancer Patients.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients diagnosed with two common cancers (breast, colon) that have completed the treatment (chemotherapy, radiotherapy) * Male and Female patients 18-80 years old. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with active disease. * Recipients of care that matches the criteria of hospice care. * Patients with a diagnosis of dementia or other cognitive failure * Patients who do not speak Hebrew

Locations (1)

Rambam MC

Haifa, Israel

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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