Grant received in 2023
DCCC has funded 200.000 DKK to the project.
Socially and psychologically vulnerable people fare worse than others when they are affected by breast cancer. They find it difficult to follow their treatment and experience a burden of disease. There is therefore a need to identify these patients to a greater extent and target support for them. Therefore, DCCC supports the preparation of this investigator-initiated study.
The vision is to gain knowledge about how we can change clinical practice to a greater extent support socially and psychologically vulnerable breast cancer patients in carrying out the treatment and dealing with side effects and late effects, thus improving their quality of life. It will be the first time that a national attempt is made to identify particularly vulnerable breast cancer patients in order to offer them a special nursing program as part of the cancer treatment.
Multidisciplinary organisation
The study will be anchored in DBCG - Danish Breast Cancer Group. The preliminary project group already includes a number of both doctors and nurses from DBCG, but this preparatory work must ensure that all relevant breast cancer departments have the opportunity to participate.
Project stakeholders
Danish Cancer Society's Center for Cancer Research
- Pernille Envold Bidstrup, Senior Researcher, Head of the research group Psychological Aspects of Cancer. Primary contact person, e-mail: pernille@cancer.dk
- Susanne Dalton, Professor, MD, PhD, Danish Research Center for Equality in Cancer (COMPAS), Department of Clinical Oncology and Palliative Units, Zealand University Hospital, & Head of the research group Inequality in Cancer, Cancer Center for Cancer Research
- Rikke Langballe, Nurse, Postdoc, Psychological Aspects of Cancer
Zealand University Hospital
- Vesna Glavicic, MD, Department of Clinical Oncology
- Stine Thestrup Hansen, Nurse, PhD, Department of Plastic and Breast Surgery
- Anne Juel Christensen, Physician, Oncology Department, Regional Hospital Gødstrup
- Troels Bechmann, Consultant, Ph.D., Department of Oncology
Aalborg University Hospital
- Lone Jørgensen, Nurse, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Clinical Nursing, Clinic Surgery and Cancer Treatment & Research Unit for Clinical Nursing, & Clinical Institute Aalborg University
Rigshospitalet
- Ulla Brix Tange, Senior Physician, Oncology Department
- Helle Gyllenvang, Nurse, Oncology Department
- Christoffer Johansen, Professor, senior physician, CASTLE – Cancer Survivorship and General Late Effects, Oncology Department Aarhus University Hospital
- Karen Henneberg, Nurse, Oncology Department
- Annette Zölner, Nurse, PhD, Plastic and Breast Surgery
- Peer Christiansen, Professor, senior physician. DCCL – Danish Center for Breast Cancer Sequelae, Plastic and Breast Surgery
- Pernille Bech, Nurse, cand.cur., DCCL – Danish Center for Breast Cancer Sequelae, Plastic and Breast Surgery
Herlev-Gentofte Hospital
- Birgitte Mertz, Nurse, Department of Breast Surgery Niels Kroman, Professor, Senior Physician, Department of Breast Surgery and Chief Physician at Danish Cancer Society
The patient perspective
- Randi Krogsgaard, patient representative