School of Psychology, Division of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Room 721A Hughes Building, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia.
Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, Toronto, Canada.
Support Care Cancer. 2021 Apr;29(4):1713-1718. doi: 10.1007/s00520-021-05998-0. Epub 2021 Jan 23.
This paper chronicles the third decade of MASCC from 2010. There was a generational change in this decade, building on the solid foundation of the founders. It included the first female President, and a new Executive Director with a background in strategy and business development and operations as applied to healthcare. The headquarters moved from Copenhagen to Toronto. The first meeting to be held outside of Europe or North America was held in Adelaide, Australia, and the membership in the Asia Pacific region expanded. A program of international affiliates saw national supportive care organisations formally link with MASCC. In cancer supportive care, there was a raft of new toxicities to manage as immunotherapies were added to conventional cytotoxic treatment. There was also a greater emphasis on the psychosocial needs of patients and families. New MASCC groups were formed to respond to this evolution in cancer management. The MASCC journal, Supportive Care in Cancer, continued to grow in impact, and MASCC published two editions of a textbook of supportive care and survivorship. The decade ended with the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that served to highlight the importance of good supportive care to patients with cancer.
本文记录了 MASCC 的第三个十年，即 2010 年至今。这十年发生了代际更迭，是在创始人们打下的坚实基础上发展起来的。这期间，协会迎来了第一位女性主席和一位新任执行主任，他们在战略、业务发展和医疗保健运营方面拥有丰富的背景。协会总部也从哥本哈根迁至多伦多。协会首次在欧洲和北美以外的地区举行会议，地点选在澳大利亚阿德莱德，同时协会在亚太地区的会员数量也有所增加。国际分支机构计划使国家支持性护理组织与 MASCC 正式建立联系。在癌症支持性护理领域，随着免疫疗法被添加到传统细胞毒性治疗中，出现了一系列需要管理的新毒性。此外，人们更加关注患者及其家庭的心理社会需求。为了应对癌症管理方面的这种演变，新的 MASCC 小组应运而生。MASCC 期刊《癌症支持护理》的影响力持续扩大，协会还出版了两版支持性护理和生存方面的教科书。十年的工作在 COVID-19 大流行的挑战中结束，但这也突显了为癌症患者提供良好支持性护理的重要性。
