Adjuvant Therapies: Patient Care during the Adjuvant Care Phase From Supportive Care to 'Self Care'

摘要

To better support women with breast cancer during their treatment phase, supportive care offer and organization were modified. This is the result of new needs and the new organization of the patient's follow-up between hospital and general practice care. Patient-doctor dialog involved especially in the development of therapeutic education. Also, patient's abilities are motivated to manage for the best an illness which became chronic. Progressively, to fulfill the patient's wishes to be leaded to a more global medical care, the offer in supportive care has changed to a wider concept of "self care".