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Research in colorectal cancer – a patient's view
Author(s) -
Amos J.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
colorectal disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.029
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1463-1318
pISSN - 1462-8910
DOI - 10.1111/codi.14072
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , perspective (graphical) , chemoradiotherapy , quality of life (healthcare) , general surgery , cancer , family medicine , nursing , artificial intelligence , computer science
John Amos is the chair of the Bowel Cancer Support Group in Purley, UK and here gives an important patient perspective of the International Experts Meeting and the role of patient representatives in cancer research. He highlights that it is especially important for patients that quality of life following both surgery and chemoradiotherapy is considered.