Five prerequisites to achieving excellence in supportive cancer care by 2030: oncology nursing in the driver's seat

Margaret I Fitch¹, Grigorios Kotronoulas², Erica Fischer-Cartlidge³, Annie Young⁴, Winnie K W So⁵, Catriona Buick^{6

7}, Raymond J Chan⁸, Charissa Cordon⁹, Amanda Drury¹⁰, Matthew Fowler¹¹, Jodi Hyman¹², Stephanie Lelond¹³, Helena Ullgren¹⁴, Lena Sharp¹⁵, Joy Tarasuk¹⁶, Patsy Yates¹⁷

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¹ Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. marg.i.fitch@gmail.com.
² School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
³ Oncology Nursing Society, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
⁴ Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK.
⁵ The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China.
⁶ Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Canada.
⁷ Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁸ Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁹ Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology/Association Canadienne Des Infirmieres en Oncologie (CANO/ACIO), Toronto, ON, Canada.
¹⁰ School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
¹¹ University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK.
¹² Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology/Association Canadienne Des Infirmieres en Oncologie (CANO/ACIO), Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
¹³ College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
¹⁴ Department of Oncology-Pathology & Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Center, Karolinska Insititutet, Solna, Sweden.
¹⁵ Regional Cancer Center, Stockholm, Gotland, Sweden.
¹⁶ Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology/Association Canadienne Des Infirmieres en Oncologie (CANO/ACIO), Halifax, NS, Canada.
¹⁷ Centre for Health Care Transformation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

PMID: 40858934
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-025-09880-1

Editorial

Five prerequisites to achieving excellence in supportive cancer care by 2030: oncology nursing in the driver's seat

Margaret I Fitch et al. Support Care Cancer. 2025.

. 2025 Aug 27;33(9):815.

doi: 10.1007/s00520-025-09880-1.

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Affiliations

¹ Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. marg.i.fitch@gmail.com.
² School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
³ Oncology Nursing Society, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
⁴ Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK.
⁵ The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China.
⁶ Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Canada.
⁷ Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁸ Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁹ Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology/Association Canadienne Des Infirmieres en Oncologie (CANO/ACIO), Toronto, ON, Canada.
¹⁰ School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
¹¹ University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK.
¹² Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology/Association Canadienne Des Infirmieres en Oncologie (CANO/ACIO), Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
¹³ College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
¹⁴ Department of Oncology-Pathology & Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Center, Karolinska Insititutet, Solna, Sweden.
¹⁵ Regional Cancer Center, Stockholm, Gotland, Sweden.
¹⁶ Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology/Association Canadienne Des Infirmieres en Oncologie (CANO/ACIO), Halifax, NS, Canada.
¹⁷ Centre for Health Care Transformation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

PMID: 40858934
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-025-09880-1

Abstract

The Multinational Association for Supportive Care (MASCC) recently published its Supportive Care 2030 Movement with the aims of developing consensus about shared, equitable and translatable ambitions to drive excellence in and outline the desired state of supportive cancer care by 2030. In response to the publication of the ambition statements, the major oncology nursing organizations launched a collaboration in June 2024 with the aim of achieving global nursing excellence and leadership within the wider interdisciplinary model of supportive cancer care. This editorial presents our collective response to the ambitions set by the Supportive Care 2030 Movement. We believe that the 13 ambitions can realistically be achieved only if five prerequisites are in place that put oncology nursing at the forefront of any relevant endeavor.

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Declarations. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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