Department of Medical Psychology, Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
The Royal Marsden Hospital Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
Cancer Med. 2021 May;10(9):2943-2945. doi: 10.1002/cam4.3889. Epub 2021 Apr 9.
Frequency of scanning has accelerated in the era of personalized medicine and is related, but not restricted, to the exploding number of clinical trials for new cancer treatments. Particularly in drug trials, but also in clinical practice, patients are followed up by scans frequently, which may vary from every 6 to 12 weeks until progression. The authors aimed to raise awareness for this underreported but widely present "Sword of Damocles" scan-related issue also referred to as 'scanxiety.'
在个性化医学时代,扫描的频率加快了,这与新癌症治疗方法的临床试验数量的爆炸式增长有关,但也不仅限于此。特别是在药物试验中,但也在临床实践中,患者经常通过扫描进行随访,频率从每 6 到 12 周不等,直到疾病进展。作者旨在提高对这个未被充分报道但广泛存在的“达摩克利斯之剑”扫描相关问题的认识,也被称为“扫描焦虑”。