title: Helping Patients to Help Themselves after Breast Cancer Treatment.
abstract: There is a rise in the number of women living with the long-term consequences of cancer and continuing to suffer unmet need as breast cancer survival improves. This paper includes an introduction to self-management and a discussion of the evidence around the effectiveness of the key intervention types that could help patients to help themselves after treatment. Self-management interventions are particularly beneficial in reducing bother from symptoms, without patients having to take on the additional burden of more unwanted side-effects frequently seen with pharmacological interventions. There is a need to prioritise the funding of these financially viable self-management strategies to ensure equity of access and that these interventions are available for those in need.
authors.affiliation: University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Fenlon
authors.affiliation: University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. Electronic address: pk105@soton.ac.uk.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Khambhaita
authors.affiliation: King's College London, UK.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012648:Self Care; D017741:Survivors
keywords: Cancer survivors; confidence; self-efficacy; self-management