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Supportive Care Needs During Active Cancer Treatment: Closing the Loop From Assessment to Action

Author(s) Dr. Khalid Hameed
Country United Kingdom
Abstract Supportive care is an important part of cancer care; however, supportive-care needs are not always identified or met in routine cancer care. This narrative literature review summarizes existing evidence about the multidimensionality, predictors, measurement, outcomes, and clinical implications of supportive-care needs in adult patients undergoing active anticancer treatment. Psychological/emotional needs are consistently reported, along with health system and information needs, along with physical/practical, financial, spiritual, and sexual needs. Specific types and extent of these needs depend on the cancer, anticancer treatment, disease status, age, socioeconomic background, and healthcare context, and can change during treatment. There are validated tools such as Supportive Care Needs Survey and NCCN Distress Thermometer that facilitate systematic measurement, but which measure different aspects of supportive-care needs and thus cannot be interchangeable. Interventions for patients' needs, including nurse-led interventions, psycho-oncology interventions, and ePRO monitoring, might have positive impacts following the needs assessment and clinical actions. A common problem is ensuring proper follow-through from the identification of needs to provision of support and reassessment. Current evidence suggests shifting from episodic screening of needs towards a more comprehensive approach that involves assessment, triage, intervention, follow-up, and reassessment of needs. Future studies should explore patients' outcomes, reach, response time, completion rate, resolution of needs, sustainability, and equity
Keywords Supportive Care Needs, Supportive Oncology, Needs Assessment, Patient-Reported Outcomes, Psychosocial Oncology, Financial Toxicity
Discipline Medical / Pharmacy
Published In Volume 4, Issue 5, September-October 2026
Published On 2026-09-11
DOI https://doi.org/10.62127/aijmr.2026.v04i05.1506
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