{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Stevens SX"],"funding":["National Health and Medical Research Council","University of Sydney"],"pagination":["564"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12152011"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["33(7)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Purpose</h4>Treatment for advanced cancer entails substantial time commitments, which has been labelled the 'time toxicity' of treatment, though the perspectives of people affected by cancer are still being established. We aimed to establish patient and caregiver perspectives on the 'time toxicity' of palliative systemic treatments.<h4>Methods</h4>Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted using an inductive approach. Purposively selected adults with advanced gastrointestinal cancers who had received palliative systemic therapy and caregivers were recruited from one metropolitan and regional site. Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis.<h4>Results</h4>Twenty patients and ten caregivers participated. Eighty percent were Australian-born, 60% were 55-74 years old, 57%"],"journal":["Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer"],"pubmed_title":["\"The Cancer is My Life\": patient and caregiver perceptions of the time toxicity of palliative systemic cancer treatments for advanced gastrointestinal cancers."],"pmcid":["PMC12152011"],"funding_grant_id":["2030939"],"pubmed_authors":["Vardy JL","De Abreu Lourenco R","El-Katateny E","Stevens SX","Booth CM","Shaw J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"\"The Cancer is My Life\": patient and caregiver perceptions of the time toxicity of palliative systemic cancer treatments for advanced gastrointestinal cancers.","description":"<h4>Purpose</h4>Treatment for advanced cancer entails substantial time commitments, which has been labelled the 'time toxicity' of treatment, though the perspectives of people affected by cancer are still being established. We aimed to establish patient and caregiver perspectives on the 'time toxicity' of palliative systemic treatments.<h4>Methods</h4>Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted using an inductive approach. Purposively selected adults with advanced gastrointestinal cancers who had received palliative systemic therapy and caregivers were recruited from one metropolitan and regional site. Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis.<h4>Results</h4>Twenty patients and ten caregivers participated. Eighty percent were Australian-born, 60% were 55-74 years old, 57%","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Jun","modification":"2026-03-15T20:02:05.348Z","creation":"2025-08-13T03:04:59.83Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12152011","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40493254"],"doi":["10.1007/s00520-025-09621-4"]}}