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Meeting Report

Use of the Word “Cured” for Cancer Patients—Implications for Patients and Physicians: The Siracusa Charter

by
P. Tralongo
1,*,
L. Dal Maso
2,
A. Surbone
3,
A. Santoro
4,
U. Tirelli
2,
V. Sacchini
3,
C. Pinto
5,
S. Crispino
6,
F. Ferraù
7,
G. Mandoliti
8,
G. Tonini
9,
A. Russo
10,
D. Santini
11,
A. Madeddu
1,
V. Panebianco
7,
S. Pergolizzi
11,
D. Respini
1,
C. Rolfo
12,
M. Bongiovanni
2,
F. De Lorenzo
8,
C. Spatola
1,
F. Di Raimondo
13,
M. Terenziani
4,
M. Peeters
12 and
C. Castoro
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1
Medical Oncology Unit, Umberto I Hospital, Siracusa, Italy
2
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Aviano, Italy
3
New York University; Sacchini: Breast Cancer Department, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
4
Medical Oncology Department, Humanitas Cancer Center, Milano, Italy
5
Medical Oncology Unit, Maggiore Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliero–Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy
6
Oncology Department, Siena, Italy
7
Medical Oncology Unit, S. Vincenzo Hospital, Taormina, Italy
8
Radiotherapy Unit, S. Maria della Misericordia, Rovigo, Italy
9
Medical Oncology Unit, Campus Biomedico University, Roma, Italy
10
Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico University Hospital, Palermo, Italy
11
Radiotherapy Unit, Messina University, Messina, Italy
12
Oncology Department, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
13
Hematology Unit, Ferrarotto University Hospital, Catania, Italy
14
IOVE, Padova, Italy
 
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Curr. Oncol. 2015, 22(1), 38-40; https://doi.org/10.3747/co.22.2287
Submission received: 13 November 2014 / Revised: 3 December 2014 / Accepted: 4 January 2015 / Published: 1 February 2015

Abstract

Long-term survival for adult patients with solid tumours continues to increase. For some cancers, the possibility of recurrence after a number of years is extremely low, and the risk of death becomes similar to that of the general population of the same sex and age. During the Fifth European Conference on Survivors and Chronic Cancer Patients held in Siracusa, Italy, June 2014, oncologists, general practitioners, epidemiologists, cancer patients and survivors, and patient advocates joined to discuss the possible use of the term “cured” in reference to some adult patients with solid tumours. The specific focus was the appropriateness of using the term in communicating with cancer patients, survivors, and their families. Initial results of the discussion, in concert with a review of the published literature on the subject, were later further discussed by all participants through electronic communication. The resulting final statement aims to suggest appropriate ways to use the word “cured” in the clinical and communicative setting, to highlight the potential impact of the word on patients, and to open a critical discussion concerning this timely and delicate matter.
Keywords: long-term survival; cure; implications long-term survival; cure; implications

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Tralongo, P.; Maso, L.D.; Surbone, A.; Santoro, A.; Tirelli, U.; Sacchini, V.; Pinto, C.; Crispino, S.; Ferraù, F.; Mandoliti, G.; et al. Use of the Word “Cured” for Cancer Patients—Implications for Patients and Physicians: The Siracusa Charter. Curr. Oncol. 2015, 22, 38-40. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.22.2287

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Tralongo P, Maso LD, Surbone A, Santoro A, Tirelli U, Sacchini V, Pinto C, Crispino S, Ferraù F, Mandoliti G, et al. Use of the Word “Cured” for Cancer Patients—Implications for Patients and Physicians: The Siracusa Charter. Current Oncology. 2015; 22(1):38-40. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.22.2287

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Tralongo, P., L. Dal Maso, A. Surbone, A. Santoro, U. Tirelli, V. Sacchini, C. Pinto, S. Crispino, F. Ferraù, G. Mandoliti, and et al. 2015. "Use of the Word “Cured” for Cancer Patients—Implications for Patients and Physicians: The Siracusa Charter" Current Oncology 22, no. 1: 38-40. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.22.2287

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