Mixed methods scoping review of patients' experiences of urgent and emergency cancer care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with oncological emergencies require immediate specialist cancer care to ensure optimum outcomes. This is often a stressful, time-sensitive situation for patients and their families who describe having to navigate complex care pathways to access urgent treatment. Acute oncology was established as a subspecialty in the UK in 2009, with the goal to streamline emergency cancer care. Patient experiences of urgent care in acute oncology contexts have not specifically been explored; hence, it is unknown whether patient experiences of emergency cancer care have improved. This may be due to lack of a patient-reported experience measure for this purpose.

Methods

A mixed methods scoping review was conducted from 2010 to April 2024, with the aim of identifying core

SUBMITTER: Hurley-Wallace AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11842481 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature