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Leading supportive care in the 21st century.
Supportive Care in cancer is the prevention and management of the adverse effects of cancer and its treatment. This includes management of physical and psychological symptoms and side effects across the continuum of the cancer experience from diagnosis through anticancer treatment to post-treatment care. Enhancing rehabilitation, secondary cancer prevention, survivorship and end of life care are integral to Supportive Care.
Supportive Care:
- alleviates symptoms and complications of cancer
- reduces or prevents toxicities of treatment
- supports communication with patients about their disease and prognosis
- allows patients to tolerate and benefit from active therapy more easily
- eases emotional burden of patients and care givers
- helps cancer survivors with psychological and social problems
Membership
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The Antiemetic Guidelines from the Perugia Consensus Conference on Antiemetic Therapy, June 2009, have been updated as of April, 2010. Look for translations coming soon.
Check out the April E-News
New MASCC Executive Director Announced
Results of the MASCC Board of Directors Election
See the 2009 MASCC/ISOO International Symposium Presentations online! Audio and slide presentations from the symposium held on June 25-27 in Rome, Italy are now available. Search by session, day, speaker and keyword. Launch Virtual Meeting 2009
New!! MASCC Oral Agent Teaching Tool (MOATT)
The MOATT is a new tool developed by MASCC members and evaluated and revised so that it may be used worldwide. It is available in several languages that were translated using the standard forward/backward translation process.
MASCC Symposium
Vancouver 2010 highlights, awards and pictures coming soon!
2010 Symposium Abstracts Online
Supportive Care News
FDA Health Alert: Avoid Certain Intravenous Metronidazole, Ondansetron, Ciprofloxacin due to Potential Contamination
MASCC Pain Management Center
It contains a broad international synopsis of pain management resources including articles on guidelines and policies, courses, books, organizations, power point presentations, and preceptorships.
