Esther Green

TL;DR: Pro use appears to be acceptable to patients, enables earlier detection of symptoms and may improve communication between clinicians and patients, however, the impact of routine PROMs collection on health outcomes is less clear and high-quality research is still warranted.

TL;DR: There is limitedevidence for the effectiveness of pharmacological and psychosocial interventions in the treatment of cancer patients with depressive disorders, and no evidence for the superiority of one treatment modality over another.

TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-analysis conducted to test the hypothesis that oncology health care workers are at an increased risk of cancer, reproductive complications and acute toxic events identified a small incremental risk for spontaneous abortions in female staff working with cytotoxic agents.

TL;DR: Although the evidence base was rated as low quality, nurse-led and primary care physician models of follow-up care were equivalent for detecting recurrence and consensus suggests that cancer survivors may benefit from coordinated transition planning that includes the provision of survivorship care plans as part of standard care.

TL;DR: Routine screening with the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) for cancer patients seen in fourteen Regional Cancer Centres throughout the province is implemented.