Background

Globally and in India, cancer patients arrive hospital at an advanced stage where it becomes inoperable. There is poor of awareness of signs/ symptoms among the patients and also a lack of access to right diagnostics for early and accurate diagnosis. However, there is a scope to improve quality of life and putting patient at the centre of care. The patients and the family have to undergo physical, emotional, and financial burdens for many during such a challenging time. There is a need to guide the patients by helping them understand the treatment, provide holistic treatment, support through counselling, increase treatment adherence, and improve health outcomes.

Globally and in India, cancer patients arrive hospital at an advanced stage where it becomes inoperable. There is poor of awareness of signs/ symptoms among the patients and also a lack of access to right diagnostics for early and accurate diagnosis.
However, there is a scope to improve quality of life and putting patient at the centre of care. The patients and the family have to undergo physical, emotional, and financial burdens for many during such a challenging time. There is a need to guide the patients by helping them understand the treatment, provide holistic treatment, support through counselling, increase treatment adherence, and improve health outcomes.

Objective

To run an evidence based Comprehensive Cancer Patient Support Service that help patients

• Better understand and manage their disease, treatment plan and prognosis
• Manage complex medication regimes
• Better understand and manage their disease, treatment plan and prognosis
• Ensure treatment compliance and
• Reduce/minimize complications and results in improving quality of life for patients and caregivers

Approach

To provide a holistic Cancer Patient Support Service, the Live Centre of Excellence is being setup at AIIMS Jodhpur and will include the following components: