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{"title":"Corrigendum to “Anxiety and Depression in Patients Receiving Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Their Caregivers: A Dyadic Longitudinal Study”","authors":"","doi":"10.1155/ecc/9874193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/ecc/9874193","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A. Rosich-Soteras, C. Ramos-Serrano, A. Serrahima-Mackay, et al., “Anxiety and Depression in Patients Receiving Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Their Caregivers: A Dyadic Longitudinal Study,” <i>European Journal of Cancer Care</i> 2025 (2025): 5744882, https://doi.org/10.1155/ecc/5744882.</p><p>In the article titled “Anxiety and Depression in Patients Receiving Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Their Caregivers: A Dyadic Longitudinal Study,” an affiliation was omitted in error. This affiliation has been added to the affiliation list below as number 2, and the correct author list and their affiliations are shown below.</p><p>Arianna Rosich-Soteras^1,2, Carla Ramos-Serrano¹, Anna Serrahima-Mackay¹, Cristina Gallego Miralles¹, Teresa Solano Moliner¹, Núria Jaramillo Forcada¹, Laia Guardia Roca¹, Ariadna Domenech¹, and Adelaida Zabalegui^2,3</p><p>^<i>1</i><i>Institute of Cancer and Blood Diseases, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain</i></p><p>^<i>2</i><i>Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Carrer Casanova, 143, 08036 Barcelona, Spain</i></p><p>^<i>3</i><i>Nursing Management Department, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain</i></p><p>We apologize for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":11953,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/ecc/9874193","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145051126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring the Role That a Helpline Could Play for People Diagnosed With Sarcoma and Their Carers","authors":"Georgia K. B. Halkett,&nbsp;Connor Farnell,&nbsp;Melissa Berg,&nbsp;Mandy Basson,&nbsp;Moira O’Connor","doi":"10.1155/ecc/5633734","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/ecc/5633734","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Background:</b> Sarcoma represents a group of cancers that carry a disproportionate impact on the well-being of people who are diagnosed and carers. Unlike more common cancers, limited tumour-specific support exists for people with sarcoma and carers. The aim of this study was to explore the potential role a telephone helpline could play in supporting people diagnosed with sarcoma and carers.</p><p><b>Methods:</b> This study utilised an exploratory qualitative approach with a social constructionist framework. Semistructured interviews were conducted with people diagnosed with sarcoma, carers, bereaved carers and health professionals. Reflexive thematic analysis was conducted to determine themes.</p><p><b>Results:</b> 43 semistructured interviews were conducted with people with sarcoma (<i>n</i> = 12), carers (<i>n</i> = 11), bereaved carers (<i>n</i> = 4) and health professionals (<i>n</i> = 16). Five themes were identified: ‘the current system is not meeting needs,’ ‘holistic support,’ ‘a source of credible information,’ ‘the helpline operator’ and ‘centralised support for my sarcoma.’</p><p><b>Conclusion:</b> Significant unmet needs continue to exist for people diagnosed with sarcoma and carers. A community support helpline was conceptualised as a helpful and effective tool for meeting the medical, psychosocial and information needs of all people impacted by sarcoma.</p>","PeriodicalId":11953,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/ecc/5633734","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145012676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cancer Cachexia in Clinical Practice: A Review of Treatment Barriers Among Cancer Patients","authors":"Naema Alamawi,&nbsp;Anas Alsharawneh,&nbsp;Hasan Abualruz,&nbsp;Salah M. AbuRuz","doi":"10.1155/ecc/6659047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/ecc/6659047","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Background:</b> Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome that affects patients’ quality of life and survival. It accounts for over 20% of cancer deaths. Despite its high incidence, there is no evidence-based standard of care for managing it. Early detection and management require preventative measures and multimodal therapy.</p><p><b>Aim:</b> The purpose of this study was to conduct an in-depth review of the literature on cancer cachexia and its barriers for effective assessment and management.</p><p><b>Methods:</b> The literature review was conducted through various electronic databases to identify studies published on cancer cachexia and its barriers for effective assessment and management of cancer cachexia.</p><p><b>Results:</b> The review indicated that barriers for effective assessment and management of cancer cachexia were on three levels: patients, health workers, and organizations. Also, there is a knowledge gap in understanding, assessing, and managing cancer cachexia among healthcare workers, patients, and family members.</p><p><b>Conclusion:</b> The research indicates that patients, family members, and healthcare professionals lack sufficient knowledge about how to identify, assess, and treat cancer cachexia. This gap has a lot of important barriers, both modifiable and nonmodifiable. Patients, healthcare professionals, and organizations are the three levels of those barriers.</p>","PeriodicalId":11953,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/ecc/6659047","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145012426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Navigating the Burden: A Systematic Review of Children and Young People Caring for Family Members With Cancer","authors":"Wendy McInally,&nbsp;Elena Alder,&nbsp;Eva Schellenberg,&nbsp;Jo Horne,&nbsp;Agnes Leu,&nbsp;Kerry Jones,&nbsp;Joseph De-Lappe,&nbsp;Jitka Vseteckova","doi":"10.1155/ecc/7213292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/ecc/7213292","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Introduction:</b> In 2025, one in two adults will be diagnosed with cancer. This is challenging for all people affected by cancer, including the children and young people within the family unit, and it can affect their physical, emotional and social well-being. However, little is known about the support and needs of children and young people who are caring for someone within the family with a cancer diagnosis.</p><p><b>Methods:</b> Five databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, Web of Science, PsycINFO and PubMed), assorted repositories, government reports and websites were searched from 1993 to 2025. All research studies in English, German and French were included and restricted to children and young people aged five to 25 years who care for a family member regularly. A team of independent reviewers made the inclusion and quality assessments using the MMAT standardised critical appraisal tool.</p><p><b>Results:</b> Thirty-four papers were initially considered eligible, with fourteen being disregarded. The themes identified within the literature were (1) ‘Need for support’, (2) ‘Support available’ and (3) ‘Changing roles’.</p><p><b>Discussion and Recommendations:</b> Although in some situations, the children and young people were able to cope with the heavy burden of being a carer, most studies reported a lack of support and several needs, for example, a lack of knowledge on how to care for their parent with cancer and need for support from their peers. In other situations where the cared-for person was dying, the addition of palliative care and end-of-life care was challenging. Although this experience led to not a good death, the young carer was left with a significant loss and no purpose for their own life.</p>","PeriodicalId":11953,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/ecc/7213292","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144935174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Path Analysis of Influencing Factors for Financial Toxicity in Patients With Lung Cancer","authors":"Kerui Li,&nbsp;Zefang Long,&nbsp;Meng Luo,&nbsp;Junying Li,&nbsp;Qianqian Mou","doi":"10.1155/ecc/6591289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/ecc/6591289","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Background:</b> The impact of financial toxicity is extensive and far-reaching, even affecting the prognosis of patients with lung cancer. While the influence of sociodemographic factors on financial toxicity in patients with lung cancer has been identified, the exploration of the impact of psychosocial factors remains insufficient.</p><p><b>Aims:</b> This study aims to explore the influencing factors and their pathways of financial toxicity in patients with lung cancer.</p><p><b>Methods:</b> This was a cross-sectional study that utilized a convenience sampling method to select hospitalized patients with lung cancer as research population from a tertiary hospital in Sichuan Province between May and November 2023. Investigations were conducted using a general information questionnaire, Comprehensive Scores for Financial Toxicity, Social Support Rating Scale, and General Self-Efficacy Scale. Data analysis was performed using descriptive analysis, Mann–Whitney <i>U</i> test, Kruskal–Wallis H test, Spearman correlation analysis, stepwise linear regression analysis, and path analysis.</p><p><b>Results:</b> The influencing factors of financial toxicity in patients with lung cancer include age, family income, commercial insurance coverage, social support, and self-efficacy. Furthermore, family income and social support have indirect effects on financial toxicity, while self-efficacy mediates the relationship between social support and financial toxicity.</p><p><b>Conclusion:</b> The financial toxicity experienced by patients with lung cancer should be taken seriously. In clinical practice, healthcare professionals should promptly assess the level of financial toxicity in patients with lung cancer and implement personalized and diversified intervention measures to address it.</p>","PeriodicalId":11953,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/ecc/6591289","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144869156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fatigue and Co-Occurring Cancer-Related Symptoms in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis","authors":"Chih-Chieh Huang,&nbsp;Yu-Hsu Liu,&nbsp;Yi-Shiung Horng","doi":"10.1155/ecc/6615635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/ecc/6615635","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Objective:</b> The relative strength of risk factors for cancer-related fatigue (CRF) among breast cancer survivors (BCSs) remains unclear. This study aims to systematically evaluate and compare the strength of different risk factors for CRF using a network meta-analysis (NMA) approach.</p><p><b>Methods:</b> This NMA included observational studies on female BCSs with extractable data related to risk factors for CRF. The PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Embase databases were systematically searched, and the study protocol was registered in PROSPERO (reference no. CRD42025642021). A random-effects meta-analysis was performed to estimate pooled effect sizes, and an NMA with P-scores was used to rank the relative strength of risk factors. Subgroup analyses, sensitivity analyses, and meta-regression were conducted to assess methodological quality and explore potential sources of heterogeneity.</p><p><b>Results:</b> Thirty observational studies (<i>n</i> = 36,302 female BCSs) that were published between 2004 and 2024 were included in this NMA. Depression exhibited the strongest association with CRF (OR = 3.34, 95% CI 2.50–4.46, P-score = 0.9727), followed by insomnia (OR = 2.35, 95% CI 1.45–3.81, P-score = 0.6549), pain (OR = 1.94, 95% CI 1.33–2.84, P-score = 0.4587), and anxiety (OR = 1.85, 95% CI 1.23–2.79, P-score = 0.4132). Subgroup analysis revealed that the associations of the four risk factors with CRF remained significant at the three posttreatment time points (&lt; 1 year, 1–5 years, and &gt; 5 years), with the exception of anxiety and insomnia at &lt; 1 year and pain at &gt; 5 years. Meta-regression demonstrated that higher study quality (measured via the Newcastle–Ottawa scale [NOS]) was significantly correlated with stronger associations of anxiety and insomnia with CRF (<i>β</i> = 0.305 and 0.221, <i>p</i> &lt; 0.05, respectively). Sensitivity analysis confirmed the robustness of the main findings.</p><p><b>Conclusion:</b> Depression plays a central role in CRF development and should be prioritized in survivorship care. Integrating multimodal interventions for depression, sleep disturbances, and pain management may improve fatigue outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":11953,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/ecc/6615635","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144869157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Qualitative Study on the Prehabilitation Needs of Patients and Medical Personnel for Breast Cancer Patients Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy","authors":"Jiang Mengzhu,&nbsp;Sun Jialu,&nbsp;Lv Jinhong,&nbsp;Wang Hongru,&nbsp;Zhang Huimin","doi":"10.1155/ecc/9910308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/ecc/9910308","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Background:</b> Breast cancer poses a significant threat to the health of women worldwide. This study comprehensively explored the need for breast cancer patients to enhance their quality of life following neoadjuvant chemotherapy.</p><p><b>Objective:</b> To understand the real-life experiences of breast cancer patients after preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy and healthcare professionals’ awareness of prehabilitation post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy, providing references for developing targeted intervention measures.</p><p><b>Methods:</b> Using descriptive phenomenology, 32 patients from breast surgery departments of five tertiary hospitals nationwide and 28 healthcare professionals were selected for semistructured interviews between March 2025 and May 2025. The data analysis followed Colaizzi’s seven-step method.</p><p><b>Results:</b> Four key themes emerged: the preoperative needs of breast cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, personal patient goals, healthcare professionals’ understanding of prehabilitation, and optimal timing for prehabilitation interventions.</p><p><b>Conclusion:</b> Healthcare providers should address breast cancer patients’ psychological, physical activity, nutritional, underlying health conditions, economic, and health education needs following neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Enhanced attention should be given to changes in patients’ role perception and attitudes toward rehabilitation. Improving medical staff’s prehabilitation awareness and developing multidisciplinary personalized prehabilitation programs post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy will facilitate patient recovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":11953,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/ecc/9910308","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144861853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Acute Effects of Exercise to Mitigate Cancer-Related Fatigue: A State-of-the-Art Review","authors":"Emma L. Gomes,&nbsp;Ryan J. Marker,&nbsp;Christopher Bell,&nbsp;Stephen Aichele,&nbsp;Heather J. Leach","doi":"10.1155/ecc/5511950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/ecc/5511950","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is one of the most common and distressing symptoms experienced by cancer survivors. While exercise interventions have shown efficacy in reducing CRF, the acute effect of exercise on CRF is not well understood. In this state-of-the-art review, we first provided historical context for the potential for exercise to provide immediate relief of CRF by summarizing plausible physiological and psychological mechanisms, then reviewed studies that have been done to date examining the acute effects of exercise on CRF, and finally, suggested directions for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":11953,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/ecc/5511950","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144815023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Defining Criteria for Quality and Equity in Prehabilitation Services Before Cancer Surgery: A Delphi Study Informed by Lived and Professional Experience","authors":"L. Wareing,&nbsp;Y. Hirst,&nbsp;C. Shelton,&nbsp;C. Gaffney,&nbsp;A. Partridge,&nbsp;A. Smith,&nbsp;J. Rycroft-Malone,&nbsp;L. Ashmore","doi":"10.1155/ecc/9308284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/ecc/9308284","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Background:</b> Prehabilitation before cancer surgery has been recommended for implementation in clinical practice to improve patients’ functional and psychological wellbeing to improve outcomes. Currently, in the United Kingdom, cancer prehabilitation interventions vary in how and where they are offered, potentially widening health inequalities and little is known about patient preferences. This first of a kind study aimed to invite both people with lived experience of cancer and healthcare professionals to define a set of criteria for quality and equitable prehabilitation interventions for cancer treatment.</p><p><b>Methods:</b> A modified Delphi technique was implemented over three rounds of online questionnaires with prehabilitation professionals (experts by profession, <i>n</i> = 8) and people with lived experience of cancer (experts by experience, <i>n</i> = 14) in the United Kingdom. The first round of criteria statements was developed in a series of co-design workshops. In each Delphi round, participants were asked to rank the statements on a 5-point Likert scale and make suggestions for refinement or additional statements. Consensus was defined as at least 75% of participants voting to indicate agreement on each statement.</p><p><b>Results:</b> A total of 22 participants voted in Delphi questionnaire with a 76% response rate. 63.6% of participants were ‘experts by experience’ and 36.4% were ‘experts by profession’. The questionnaire started with 54 statements and through three rounds of voting, refinement and addition, 56 statements reached consensus. Over three rounds, six statements did not reach consensus. Criteria were grouped into seven themes: <i>developing and delivering prehabilitation</i> (covering prehabilitation definitions, safety and evaluation processes and interactions with patients), <i>emotional health, nutritional, physical and multimodal interventions, integrating community-based care and addressing inequalities</i>.</p><p><b>Conclusions:</b> This is the first research to develop a set of criteria for evaluating and designing equitable prehabilitation before cancer surgery in the United Kingdom. The results will be of interest to researchers, healthcare professionals and service providers interested in designing, evaluating and delivering prehabilitation before cancer surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":11953,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/ecc/9308284","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144815064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Debunking Cancer Myths: Understanding Cancer Awareness and Misconceptions Among Patients in Türkiye","authors":"Süleyman Utku Uzun,&nbsp;Merve Akin","doi":"10.1155/ecc/8097126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/ecc/8097126","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p><b>Introduction:</b> Cancer is a major global health concern with modifiable risk factors such as tobacco use, alcohol consumption, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity. Low public awareness of evidence-based risk factors and common cancer myths hamper prevention efforts. This study evaluated the awareness of evidence-based risk factors and the prevalence of cancer myths among patients in Denizli, Türkiye.</p>\u0000 <p><b>Methods:</b> This cross-sectional study was conducted at Pamukkale University Hospital between 1 February 2024 and 15 February 2024. A total of 747 participants were recruited. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire that assessed awareness of both evidence-based cancer risk factors and cancer myths. The questionnaire included the Cancer Awareness Measure Mythical Causes Scale (CAM-MYCS) and a scale assessing evidence-based cancer risk factors. Statistical analyses included Pearson correlation and backward linear regression.</p>\u0000 <p><b>Results:</b> The mean CAM-MYCS score was 20.9 ± 26.4, reflecting substantial variability in beliefs about cancer myths. The mean score for the evidence-based cancer risk factor scale was 57.3 ± 23.1, suggesting a moderate awareness of evidence-based cancer risk factors. The mean total cancer awareness score was 44.1 ± 16.6, reflecting an overall moderate level of cancer awareness. Linear regression analysis identified higher education, seeking information from healthcare professionals and scientific books/articles, and self-perceived knowledge of cancer prevention as significant predictors of total cancer awareness.</p>\u0000 <p><b>Conclusion:</b> This study highlights that despite a moderate level of awareness of evidence-based cancer risk factors, the high prevalence of cancer myths contributes to inadequate awareness of evidence-based cancer risk factors among the Turkish population. Targeted educational interventions are necessary to correct misconceptions and promote evidence-based knowledge to reduce the risk of cancer.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":11953,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/ecc/8097126","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144716566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}