Supportive Care During Treatment of Breast Cancer Patients

Breast cancer patients may have unmet supportive care needs during treatment, including symptom management of treatment-related toxicities, and educational, psychosocial, and spiritual needs.Method: This study is written by review of the new library and internet articles. Result: Delivery of supportive care is often a low priority in health-care settings, and is also dependent on resources available. This consensus statement describes twelve key recommendations for supportivecare during treatment in many countries, identified by an expert international panel as part of the 5th Breast Health Global Initiative (BHGI) Global Summit for Supportive Care. Panel recommendations are presented in a 4-tier resource-stratified table to illustrate how health systems can provide supportive care services during treatment to breast cancer patients, starting at a basic level of resource allocation and incrementally adding program resources as they become available. These recommendations include: health professional and patient and family education; management of treatment related toxicities, management of treatment-related symptoms of fatigue, insomnia and non-specific pain, andmanagement of psychosocial and spiritual issues related to breast cancer treatment. Conclusion: Establishing supportive care during breast cancer treatment will help ensure that breast cancer patients receive comprehensive care that can help 1) improve adherence to treatmentrecommendations, 2) manage treatment-related toxicities and other treatment related symptoms, and 3) address the psychosocial and spiritual aspects of breast cancer and breast cancer treatments

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supportive care , treatment , breast cancer , patients