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

Louise Mullen¹, Christina Signorelli^{2

3}, Larissa Nekhlyudov⁴, Paul B Jacobsen⁵, Isaiah Gitonga^{6

7}, Tania Estapé⁸, Beverley Lim Høeg⁹, Anne Miles¹⁰, Cristina Sade¹¹, Carolyn Mazariego¹², Csaba L Degi¹³, Fuchsia Howard¹⁴, Sharon Manne¹⁵, Luzia Travado¹⁶, Michael Jefford^{17

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19}; International Psycho-Oncology Society Survivorship Special Interest Group

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¹ National Cancer Control Programme, Health Services Executive. Kings Inns House, Dublin, Ireland.
² Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, Randwick Clinical Campus, UNSW Sydney, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁵ Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
⁶ Department of Psychology, Maynooth University, Dublin, Ireland.
⁷ Ikuze Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁸ Psychosocial Oncology Department, FEFOC Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.
⁹ Psychological Aspects of Cancer, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
¹⁰ Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck University of London, London, UK.
¹¹ Psychosocial Oncology Department, Instituto Nacional del Cancer, Santiago, Chile.
¹² Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
¹³ Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
¹⁴ School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
¹⁵ Department of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
¹⁶ Champalimaud Clinical and Research Center, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal.
¹⁷ Department of Health Services Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
¹⁸ Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
¹⁹ Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 37749754
DOI: 10.1002/pon.6218

Review

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

Louise Mullen et al. Psychooncology. 2023 Nov.

. 2023 Nov;32(11):1684-1693.

doi: 10.1002/pon.6218. Epub 2023 Sep 25.

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¹ National Cancer Control Programme, Health Services Executive. Kings Inns House, Dublin, Ireland.
² Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, Randwick Clinical Campus, UNSW Sydney, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁵ Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
⁶ Department of Psychology, Maynooth University, Dublin, Ireland.
⁷ Ikuze Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁸ Psychosocial Oncology Department, FEFOC Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.
⁹ Psychological Aspects of Cancer, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
¹⁰ Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck University of London, London, UK.
¹¹ Psychosocial Oncology Department, Instituto Nacional del Cancer, Santiago, Chile.
¹² Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
¹³ Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
¹⁴ School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
¹⁵ Department of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
¹⁶ Champalimaud Clinical and Research Center, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal.
¹⁷ Department of Health Services Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
¹⁸ Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
¹⁹ Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 37749754
DOI: 10.1002/pon.6218

Abstract

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.

Methods: NCCPs were obtained from the International Cancer Control Partnership (ICCP) portal (in November 2021) and reviewed in two phases. In Phase 1, all available NCCPs were screened to determine whether they mentioned psycho-oncology or survivorship. In Phase 2, reviewers extracted data from the NCCPs identified in Phase 1 on the degree that each plan articulated objectives/goals to improve psychosocial care in the post-treatment survivorship phase.

Results: We screened 237 NCCPs. Of these, initial potential reference to psycho-oncology and survivorship content were identified in 97 plans (41%). In Phase 1, 57/97 (59%) had reference to psycho-oncology or survivorship content within defined criteria. In Phase 2, 27/97 (28%) had little mention of psycho-oncology specifically in survivorship, 47/97 (48%) had some (general or brief) mention, and the remaining 23/97 (24%) had substantial content/specific sections and clearly articulated goals and/or objectives. Common goals for improving psychosocial care in the post-treatment period included building capacity of healthcare professionals, implementing rehabilitation models, and increasing the utilisation of community services.

Conclusions: Most NCCPs did not reference psycho-oncology and only one-quarter contained clear objectives specifically in the post-treatment survivorship phase.

Keywords: cancer; cancer plans; oncology; policy; post-treatment; psycho-oncology; survivorship care.

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