ESTRO 2024 - Abstract Book

S5656

RTT - Patient experience and quality of life

ESTRO 2024

By utilising BWR, the patient voice can be harnessed to establish how the healthcare system is not meeting the needs of BAME women with breast cancer and what improvements could be made.

By understanding the cultural beliefs amongst BAME women, strategies can be explored and implemented to change patient behaviour around prevention, early diagnosis and improve women's experiences.

Keywords: Black Women, BAME, Inequalities

References:

1.Black women in England are at greater risk of late cancer diagnosis than white women. BMJ 2023; 380 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p211 2. Cancer Research UK, New analysis reveals Black women in England more likely to be diagnosed with late stage cancer. 2023. https://news.cancerresearchuk.org/2023/01/27/new-analysis-reveals-black-women-in england-more-likely-to-be-diagnosed-with-late-stage-cancer/ 3. Jagsi R, Griffith KA, Vicini F, Boike T, Burmeister J, Dominello MM. Toward Improving Patient’s Experiences of Acute Toxicity From Breast Radiotherapy: Insights From the Analysis of Patient-Reported Outcomes in a Large Multicenter Cohort. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2020;38(34):4019-4029. 4. Abdelkarem OAI, Choudhury A, Burnet NG, Summersgill HR, West CML. Effect of race and ethnicity on risk of radiotherapy toxicity and implications for radiogenomics. Clin Oncol (RCR). 2020;34(10):653-669. 5 Julka-Anderson N. Structural racism in radiation induced skin reaction toxicity scoring. J Med Imaging Radiat Sci. 2023;54(4S). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2023.09.021. 6 Andrews E, Nair, HKR, Pearson J, Dhoonmoon L, Wijeyaratne M, Waheed M, McConnie S, Abbas Z. Wound care and skin tone: Signs, symptoms and terminology for all skin tones. Wounds International; 2023. 7. Bierer BE, Meloney LG, Ahmed HR, White SA. Advancing the inclusion of underrepresented women in clinical research. Cell Rep Med. 2022 Mar 7;3(4):100553. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100553. PMID: 35492242; PMCID: PMC9043984.

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An assessment of Quality of Life following external beam radiotherapy treatment in Malta

Noel A Azzopardi, Gerrit A van Dijk

University of Malta, Radiography, Msida, Malta

Purpose/Objective:

A Maltese person is expected to receive a cancer diagnosis every five hours, according to the country's national cancer plan 1 .Quality of life (QoL) is a multidimensional concept that encompasses the ability to participate in daily activities that promote physical, psychological, and social well-being and the level of satisfaction individuals feel regarding their functioning and how they manage their illness 2 . Patients undergoing radiotherapy may experience various psychological challenges that can adversely impact their QoL 3 . In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the significance of QoL as a crucial component in evaluating treatments 4 . The research aimed to evaluate the quality of life scores of the patients who have completed their external beam radiotherapy treatment