Research Research programs Supportive cancer care research

Our purpose

We aim to unravel which supportive care interventions are most effective for which outcome (e.g., symptom/toxicity, functioning, health-related quality of life), for whom, when, and how (i.e. via which underlying mechanism).


Goals

See some of the most important goals for this research program.

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Goals

  • Identifying patients in need of supportive care interventions.
  • Development and evaluation of supportive care interventions.
  • Empowering patients, understanding patients’ resilience, and self-management strategies.
  • Strategies to monitor symptoms/toxicity, functioning and health-related quality of life to facilitate timely self-management or referral to supportive care interventions.
  • Implementation of effective supportive care interventions in practice or de-implementation of less-effective supportive care interventions.


Research groups contributing to this research program

Spokesperson(s) for this research program


Spokesperson

dr. Laurien Buffart

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