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NCRI 2016 | Cancer self-management to improve patient’s QoL

Penny Schofield, PhD of Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia talks about cancer self-management. Patients and their families can undertake activities to support the patient through their cancer journey into survivorship. Finding sufficient information, promoting health and well-being, or dealing with side effects of treatment are directed towards improving patient’s quality of life and psychological morbidity. Recorded at the 2016 National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Conference in Liverpool, UK.