[The concept of chronic disease in the palliative treatment of oncologic patients: current Swiss data and insights in the context of breast and ovarian cancer].

TY - JOUR

T1 - [The concept of chronic disease in the palliative treatment of oncologic patients: current Swiss data and insights in the context of breast and ovarian cancer].

AU - Güth, Uwe

AU - Kilic, Nerbil

AU - Schmid, S

PY - 2010

Y1 - 2010

N2 - In the last years, incurable oncologic diseases have become increasingly viewed as chronic disease processes. In order to evaluate the treatment course of a chronic disease and to demonstrate whether the concept of a palliative oncologic situation as a chronic disease can be translated into practice, it is essential to give an overview of the entire course of the disease (i.e. from the first diagnosis of recurrence/metastases to death). There are only few reports regarding this approach in the international literature. We present Swiss long-term data (1990-2007) for breast and ovarian cancer and demonstrate drawbacks and opportunities of an exact retrospective data collection and analysis. When an incurable disease which requires periodic therapy cycles to control progressive course and symptoms is increasingly treated with a strategy that permits stabilization and uses regimens that have limited cumulative toxicity with particular consideration of quality of life, then the requirements of a chronic disease management have been fulfilled.

AB - In the last years, incurable oncologic diseases have become increasingly viewed as chronic disease processes. In order to evaluate the treatment course of a chronic disease and to demonstrate whether the concept of a palliative oncologic situation as a chronic disease can be translated into practice, it is essential to give an overview of the entire course of the disease (i.e. from the first diagnosis of recurrence/metastases to death). There are only few reports regarding this approach in the international literature. We present Swiss long-term data (1990-2007) for breast and ovarian cancer and demonstrate drawbacks and opportunities of an exact retrospective data collection and analysis. When an incurable disease which requires periodic therapy cycles to control progressive course and symptoms is increasingly treated with a strategy that permits stabilization and uses regimens that have limited cumulative toxicity with particular consideration of quality of life, then the requirements of a chronic disease management have been fulfilled.

M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz

VL - 99

SP - 1413

EP - 1421

JO - Praxis (Bern 1994)

JF - Praxis (Bern 1994)

SN - 1661-8157

IS - 23

M1 - 23

ER -