ArticleBMC cancer2015
Ambulatory Medical Assistance--After Cancer (AMA-AC): A model for an early trajectory survivorship survey of lymphoma patients treated with anthracycline-based chemotherapy.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Distress screening and supportive care referrals used by telephone-based health services: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Pooled it
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- Evidence-based modelling and taxonomy of hospital-based cancer care coordination nurses' roles and boundaries: an iterative multiphase convergent mixed study.BMJ oncology · 2025Article
- The Ambulatory Medical Assistance (AMA) programme during active-phase treatment in patients with haematological malignancies: A cost-effectiveness analysis.European journal of cancer care · 2022Article
- Shared care follow-up of patients with B-cell neoplasms based on nurse-led telephone consultations and PRO-data: a feasibility study from the North Denmark Region.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- Sustained degradation of quality of life in a subgroup of lymphoma survivors: a two-year prospective survey.BMC cancer · 2019Article
- EPOCK study protocol: a mixed-methods research program evaluating cancer care coordination nursing occupations in France as a complex intervention.BMC health services research · 2019Observational
- Exploring the implementation of patient-reported outcome measures in cancer care: need for more real-world evidence results in the peer reviewed literature.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2018Review
- Profiling Immune Escape in Hodgkin's and Diffuse large B-Cell Lymphomas Using the Transcriptome and Immunostaining.Cancers · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundCancer survivorship has emerged as an important aspect of oncology due to the possibility of physical and psychosocial complications. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of the Ambulatory Medical Assistance for After Cancer (AMA-AC) procedure for monitoring lymphoma survivorship during the first year after chemotherapy.
methodsAMA-AC is based on systematic general practitioner (GP) consultations and telephone interventions conducted by a nurse coordinator (NC) affiliated to the oncology unit, while an oncologist acts only on demand. Patients are regularly monitored for physical, psychological and social events, as well as their health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Inclusion criteria were patients newly diagnosed with non-Hodgkin or Hodgkin lymphomas, who had been treated with anthracycline-based chemotherapy and were in complete remission after treatment.
resultsAll 115 patients and 113 collaborating GPs agreed to participate in the study. For patients who achieved one year of disease-free survival (n = 104) their assessments (438 in total) were fully completed. Eleven were excluded from analysis (9 relapses and 2 deaths). The most frequent complications when taking into account all grades were arthralgia (64.3%) and infections (41.7%). About one third of patients developed new diseases with cardiovascular complications as the most common. Psychological disorders such as anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder were diagnosed in 42.6% of patients. The data collected showed that Hodgkin lymphoma patients, females, and patients with lower HRQoL (mental component) at study entry were at greater risk for developing at least one psychological disorder.
conclusionThis study showed that AMA-AC is a feasible and efficient procedure for monitoring lymphoma survivorship in terms of GP and patient participation rates and adherence, and provides a high quality of operable data. Hence, the AMA-AC procedure may be transferable into clinical daily practice as an alternative to standard oncologist-based follow-up.
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