Exploring Practices for Implementing Smoking Cessation in Oncology Settings: A Rapid Systematic Review Update.

ABSTRACT: IntroductionSmoking cessation among individuals with cancer increases the effectiveness of cancer treatments and reduces the risks of death. However, individuals receiving cancer treatments in Ontario's 14 regional cancer centres are provided advice on the benefits of quitting smoking and referrals to smoking cessation treatments at different rates. This rapid systematic review was conducted, with funding from the Canadian Cancer Society, to update a published systematic review (Young et al, 2023) and to (1) identify implementation strategies and related implementation outcomes used in oncology settings; (2) describe the characteristics of these implementation strategies and implementation outcomes; and (3) determine whether specific implementation strategies are associated with increased

SUBMITTER: DeVuono IR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12319194 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature