Clinicians' and Patients' Perceptions and Use of the Word "Cured" in Cancer Care: An Italian Survey.

Paolo TralongoFrancesco CappuccioStefania GoriVittorio DonatoGiordano D BerettaAusilia EliaFabrizio RomanoMargherita IaconoAntonino Carmelo TralongoSebastiano BordonaroAnnamaria Di MariSebastiano Rametta GiulianoGabriella BuccafuscaMaria Carmela CareriArmando Santoro

Published in: Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) (2023)

The use of the word cured is substantially accepted and equally shared by doctors and patients. Its use can facilitate the elimination of metaphoric implications and toxic cancer-related connotations registered in all cultures that discourage patients from viewing cancer as a disease with varied outcomes, including cure.

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