Some survivors of colorectal cancer report distressing effects after completing treatment. Strategies to identify and respond to survivors’ issues are needed. In a randomized controlled trial, the addition of a nurse-led supportive care package (SurvivorCare) to usual post-treatment care did not impact on survivors’ distress, quality of life or unmet needs. However patients receiving the SurvivorCare intervention were more satisfied with survivorship care.
Sponsor
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Funding
Cancer Australia with beyondblue
Victorian Cancer Agency
Principal Investigator/s
Prof Michael Jefford
Contact details
Prof Michael Jefford
Email: [email protected]
Publications & presentations
Jefford M, Aranda S, Gough K, … Schofield P. Evaluating a nurse-led survivorship care package (SurvivorCare) for bowel cancer survivors: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2013;14: 260.
Jefford M, Gough K, Drosdowsky A, Russell L, Aranda S, Butow P, Phipps-Nelson J et al. A randomised controlled trial of a nurse-led supportive care package (SurvivorCare) for survivors of colorectal cancer. The Oncologist. 2016; 21: e1-10.
Russell L, Gough K, Drosdowsky A, Schofield P … Jefford M. Psychological distress, quality of life, symptoms and unmet needs of colorectal cancer survivors near the end of treatment. J Cancer Surviv. 2015;9: 462-470.
